Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
Optum's Corporate Software Development Team is reinventing how UHG employees interact with our digital tools. To achieve this goal, we are seeking a motivated technical leader to join our award winning Sparq platform team that leads Data and AI Engineering. This leader will take our current systems towards personalized user experience by bringing in data and analytics thinking to all our solution components.
The role
You will lead a team of Data Engineers and Data Scientists and be their single point of contact for technical clarification and impediment resolution. Participate in sessions with business stakeholders to translate business objectives into clearly defined AI and Analytical projects. You will create and maintain the master architecture representation and create a modular and scalable solution design for Agile Data Warehouse and AI projects.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify opportunities for Data Engineering and AI to enhance the core product platform, select the best machine learning techniques to the specific business problem and then build the models that solve the problem.
• Architect and design AI/ML and Analytics solutions and cloud services
• Own the end-end process, from recognizing the problem to implementing the solution.
• Establish DataOps and MLOps principles and best practices

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or master's degree in Computer Science
• 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Demonstrated AI/ML solution design experience
• Proven work experience in Spark, Python, SQL, Any RDBMS
• Familiarity with Azure Data Lake, Synapse, ADF, Power BI
• Experience large scale Data Warehouse
• Experience building, deploying and maintaining ML models in production
• Experience with MLOps tools such as ModelDB, MLFlow and Kubeflow
• Familiar with best practices in the data engineering and MLOps community
• Ability to convey complex concepts and ideas in a clear and concise manner to a wide range of audience internal business stakeholders, outside partners and technology teams
• To be able to work in a fast-paced agile development environment
• Proven track record in working with diverse teams to achieve goals
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Solid problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment
• Experience with AzureML
• Expert in Azure Synapse, Azure Container Registry, Azure App services

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies now require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles require full COVID-19 vaccination as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment.
Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only : The salary range for Colorado residents is $97,300 to $176,900. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada residents is $97,300 to $176,900. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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