Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States Hybrid USD 98,547 - 175,978 Yearly

Optum Tech (UnitedHealth Group) is hiring an AI/ML Engineer

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement artificial intelligence features leveraging natural language processing and large language models, as well as traditional machine learning, for healthcare provider communication via chat and voice interfaces
  • Own the full lifecycle of machine learning solutions including data curation, model development and testing, performance assessment, API integration, deployment, and ongoing monitoring within cloud platforms
  • Enforce ethical AI practices by integrating safeguards for content moderation, protection of sensitive health and personal information, prompt validation, and comprehensive evaluation frameworks, while coordinating with oversight teams
  • Build and sustain scalable web services and application programming interfaces to deliver machine learning functionality, accompanied by detailed technical documentation and operational guides
  • Apply MLOps principles such as continuous integration for models, use of model registries, and reproducible experimentation workflows, and participate in on-call rotations with guidance and support
  • Partner with product management, systems architecture, data science, security, and platform engineering teams to ensure alignment with organizational standards and achieve defined business impact
  • Optimize system performance by enhancing code integrity, test completeness, response speed, service dependability, and computational efficiency per inference operation

Benefits

  • Full suite of health and welfare benefits
  • Performance-based incentives and employee recognition initiatives
  • Opportunity to purchase company equity
  • Employer contributions to retirement savings plan

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • All remote employees must comply with the organization's telecommuting policy
  • Pre-employment drug screening is required for all candidates
Required Skills
PythonNodeJavaAWSNLPLLMsGenAIAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningCloud ComputingPredictive ModelingContainersServerless PythonNodeJavaAWSNLPLLMsGenAIAPI DevelopmentMachine LearningCloud ComputingPredictive ModelingContainersServerless
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Optum Tech (UnitedHealth Group)
Optum Tech is a global leader in health care innovation. Our teams develop cutting-edge solutions that help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone. From advanced data analytics and AI to cybersecurity, we use innovative approaches to solve some of health care’s most complex challenges.
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Department Software Development
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Posted 2 months ago