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)
You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
The Senior Data Scientist for Medicare and Retirement business segment within UHG/OPTUM. In this role you will be responsible for leading and driving the AI/ML driven solutions to provide personalized experience for customer facing web application using Leverage state of art emerging technology and pattern such as graph, NLP, DS models to understand, predict and guide customer with next best action. This person will work with various stakeholders on business & IT side to brainstorm and understand critical conversion touch point and provide solution to personalize customer experience with the goal of improving online enrollment.
This person needs to be proactive to research various industry trends, solutions, and best practices to see how those approach can be applied on our website to provide recommendation, next best action & personalization purpose. This person would also mentor junior data scientist with their day to day activities.
In this role you will be responsible for leading and driving the AI/ML driven solutions to provide personalized experience for customer facing web application. Leverage state of art emerging technology and pattern such as graph, NLP, DS models to understand, predict and guide customer with next best action.
Primary Responsibilities

• Produces innovative solutions driven by exploratory data analysis from unstructured, diverse datasets
• Develop and Manage Data science product for personalization, recommendation system
• Apply various Techniques like Forecasting, classification, Time series analysis, Graph for data science and analytics purpose
• Applies knowledge of statistics, machine learning, programming, data modeling, simulation, and advanced mathematics to recognize patterns, identify opportunities, pose business questions, and makes valuable discoveries leading to prototype development and product improvement
• Performs basic theoretical and experimental technological investigation directed toward solving analytical problems
• Develops pioneering approaches to industry trends
• Uses a flexible analytical approach to design, develop, and evaluate predictive models and advanced algorithms that lead to optimal value extraction from the data
• Ability to learn and implement new concept/technologies
• Mentors junior team members

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:

• 4+ years of SDLC experience
• 2+ years' experience with data science: developing, modeling, and analytics
• Experience using different techniques for personalization, anomaly detection and forecasting
• Experience in programming language with strong support for analytical processing such as Python, Scala, R, Haskell, Julia, matlab, cuda, etc.
• Experience with analytics tools such as Spark, notebooks, PANDAS, H2O, RapidMiner, Tensorflow
• Experience with different kind of visualization tools: such as Kibana, Grafanna, Vega / DS libraries
• 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:

• 1+ years of experience managing big data, (NO-SQL platform line Elastic, Splunk, or Cassandra)
• Good understanding of various scripting languages such shell scripting, ruby
• Experience with big data platforms
• Local to Minnesota
• BS Degree in Computer Science / Math
• Healthcare or e-commerce experience

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 $79,700 to $142,600. The salary/hourly range for Connecticut/Nevada residents is $87,900 to $156,900. 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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