Senior Data Scientist - Remote - Remote Eligible

Senior Data Scientist

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.

Information is the lifeblood of the healthcare industry - everything depends on it. At Optum Insight Technology & Engineering, you’ll help us work on streamlining the flow of information between payers, healthcare providers and various other stakeholders to deliver the right insights to the right places at the right times, driving better outcomes for patients, reducing friction in the health system and lowering costs. Every day our work directly impacts the world for the better, in meaningful and profound ways.

The Senior Data Scientist is a key technical contributor in the design and development of state-of-the-art ML for medical applications. The Senior Data Scientist works closely with other ML engineers, research linguists, software engineers and subject matter experts on current company technologies and forward-looking projects. You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Partner with Engineering, Business and Technical Product to make and meet project commitments in an agile framework; rapidly delivering value to our customers via technology solutions
• Mentor junior data scientists to successfully deliver software and business value
• Continuous improvement for alerts, monitors and telemetry
• Communicate with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and colleagues to identify new means of approaching problems in the medical coding field
• Design novel methods in machine learning and launch them to production with the help of data engineers and deployment software engineers
• Perform independent analysis of trends in medical coding and production performance of statistical models
• Demonstrate leadership in the context of machine learning engineering and direct the research direction of a multidisciplinary team focused on deep learning and LLM approaches
• Stay abreast of leading-edge technologies in machine learning and deep learning, participate and lead in research talks and white paper reviews
• Participate in research meant to ensure alignment of models to ethical standards to ensure machine learning models perform without harm to users

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning or data science including the following: data analysis, algorithm design, model architecture specification, machine learning algorithm implementation
• 4+ years of experience working with teams that leveraged three or more of the following: continuous integration/continuous delivery tools, REST API development, serverless architecture, containerization, IaC, public/private cloud, web applications, web services, application observability and/or messaging/stream architecture
• 4+ years of coding experience with Python or R, with emphasis on libraries from Pytorch, HuggingFace, and pandas
• 1+ years of experience with machine learning model development, transformer architectures, data trend analysis

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SQL databases and query language
• Experience in AzureML, AWS, or cluster computing architectures
• Experience with Hybrid NLP solutions that combine symbolic and machine learning approaches

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). The salary for this role will range from $89,900 to $160,600 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. 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.