Support design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of ML solutions. Perform data preparation, EDA, feature engineering, model training/validation, and collaborate on scalable data pipelines. Maintain documentation, apply Responsible AI practices, and keep models reproducible and performance-monitored.
Requisition Number: 2376762
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
Required Qualifications:
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.
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.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Assist in the design, development, testing, and deployment of AI/ML solutions using Python and modern machine learning frameworks
- Support data preparation, exploratory data analysis (EDA), feature engineering, model training, and validation activities
- Develop and maintain machine learning models using tools such as Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
- Collaborate with data engineers and data scientists to build scalable data pipelines and AI-enabled applications
- Participate in model performance monitoring, drift analysis, and continuous improvement of deployed models
- Support implementation of ML workflows, experiment tracking, and model documentation to ensure reproducibility and maintainability
- Work with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into AI/ML solutions
- Contribute to the adoption of Responsible AI practices, ensuring fairness, reliability, explainability, and data privacy
- Create and maintain technical documentation, project artifacts, and knowledge-sharing materials
- Stay updated on emerging AI/ML technologies, tools, and healthcare industry trends
- 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 degree Master's in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related discipline
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML, Data Science, Analytics, or a related field.
- Working knowledge of SQL and data manipulation libraries such as Pandas and NumPy
- Solid programming skills in Python
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.
Optum Pune, Maharashtra, IND Office
Pune, India, India
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