The Sr Software engineer - AI is a key contributor in the design and development of state-of-the-art NLP for medical applications. This role will work closely with other NLP developers, software engineers and subject matter experts on current company technologies and forward-looking projects.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Enhancement and maintenance of existing enterprise NLP technologies and extension of those systems to new clinical domains and applications
- Working on the augmentation of various clinical knowledge resources (lexicons, nomenclatures, hierarchies, ontologies and rule systems) underlying the core NLP and AI modules
- Evaluating the performance of those components on clinical documents at scale in production environments
- Generating and interpreting domain/solution analytics in collaboration with engineering
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:
- Bachelors in Computational Linguistics or Computer Science
- 7+ years of overall professional industry experience
- 7+ experience in Java or C#, Python, and SQL
- 5+ years of NLP development experience
- 3+ years of experience in a Cloud environment preferably AWS
- 1+ years of experience with Prompt Engineering
- Experience interfacing and presenting to senior management, clients, and clinicians
- Proven solid understanding of Medical terminology & coding
Preferred Qualifications:
- Masters in Computational Linguistics or Computer Science
- Experience in working with voice to text technologies like MModal, Suki or Dax (Dragon)
- Experience working with ontologies
- Familiarity with Docker, AWS or Azure, GitHub, CI/CD
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer 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 us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 to $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
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.
UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
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We’re the health care technology and innovation company of the UnitedHealth Group enterprise along with UnitedHealthcare. We’re a global organization that’s evolving health care so everyone can have the opportunity to live their healthiest life. With our hands across all aspects of health, we'll provide you with a rewarding career that enables you to grow in the directions that best fit your passions. This is your opportunity to be part of a team that’s dedicated to Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
Our global technology team consists of more than 30,000 innovators from around the world passionate about using technology to improve the lives of people and communities. We are modernizing the health care system through modern analytics, comprehensive clinical expertise, innovative technologies and extensive experience in improving operational and clinical performance.
As part of our team, you will be provided opportunities to channel your curiosity into initiative, working alongside distinguished engineers and developers pursuing innovations that improve the health care experience for everyone. We encourage you to dive in, explore and ask questions about creative ways to use technology to help make the health care system work like an actual system.
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