AI/ML Engineer

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

We are looking for a versatile AI/ML Engineer to join the Our team, contributing to the design and deployment of scalable AI solutions across the full stack. This role blends machine learning engineering with frontend/backend development and cloud native microservices. You’ll work closely with data scientists, MLOps engineers, and product teams to bring generative AI capabilities like RAG and LLM based systems into production.

Primary Responsibility:

• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or masters in computer science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, full stack development, or MLOps.
• Proven experience deploying AI models in production environments.
• Solid understanding of microservices architecture and cloud native development.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Technical Skills:
  • Languages & Frameworks: Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Scala
  • ML Tools: MLflow, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit learn
  • Frontend: React.js, Angular (preferred), HTML/CSS
  • Backend: Node.js, Spring Boot, REST APIs
  • Cloud: Azure (preferred), UAIS, AWS
  • DevOps & MLOps: Git, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps
  • Data Engineering: Apache Spark/Databricks, Kafka, ETL pipelines
  • Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
  • RAG/LLM: LangChain, LlamaIndex, embedding pipelines, prompt engineering

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Spark, Hadoop
• Familiarity with Maven, Spring, XML, Tomcat
• Proficiency in Unix shell scripting and SQL Server

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone – of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income – deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Country: IN