AI/ML Engineering Leader - Remote

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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&nbsp;<strong style="font-weight: bold;">Caring. Connecting. Growing together</strong>.</span></span></p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message" style="margin: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Frutiger, 'Frutiger Linotype', 'Dejavu Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">We are seeking an experienced&nbsp;<b style="font-weight: bold;">AI/ML Engineering Leader</b>&nbsp;to lead the design, development, and implementation of cutting-edge artificial intelligence solutions across the organization. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping our AI strategy, defining architecture standards, and ensuring the creation of scalable, secure, and high-performance AI-driven products and services.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message" style="margin: 0in; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Segoe UI', Frutiger, 'Frutiger Linotype', 'Dejavu Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><br>If you are located in Minnetonka, MN, you will have the flexibility to work from home and the office in this hybrid role* as you take on some tough challenges.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Primary Responsibilities:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture &amp; Standards:</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Design end-to-end AI/ML architectures aligned to business and technical goals</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Develop, maintain, and enforce AI/ML architecture guidelines, standards, and comprehensive review checklists</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Keep documentation current and ensure all AI projects align with established architecture best practices and compliance requirements</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Governance &amp; Review:</span></span>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Proactively review and assess AI solution architectures across projects</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Provide actionable feedback, coaching, and guidance to teams implementing AI/ML solutions</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Approve solution designs and ensure adherence to architecture standards before implementation</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Innovation &amp; Prototyping:</span></span>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Stay abreast of emerging advancements in AI and machine learning, evaluating their potential through hands-on development</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Build rapid prototypes, proof-of-concepts, and accelerators to assess and demonstrate new technologies or approaches</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Publish point-of-view papers, technical blogs, and thought leadership content to guide internal and external stakeholders</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaboration:</span></span>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Work closely with product managers, data scientists, engineers, and other business stakeholders to drive the development and deployment of AI solutions</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Leadership &amp; Mentorship:</span></span>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Foster a culture of excellence and continuous learning within the AI/ML engineering community</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mentor and upskill team members in architecture best practices, new technologies, and design patterns</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ability to work collaboratively and influence cross-functional teams</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Self-driven and passionate about innovation and emerging technology</span></span></li>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Compliance &amp; Security:</span></span>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Ensure all AI systems follow data governance, privacy standards, and ethical AI principles</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Collaborate with the Responsible Use of AI (RUAI) team to ensure that the solutions are compliant with company policies and standards&nbsp;</span></span></li>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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.</span></span></p><br><br><p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Required Qualifications:</strong></span></span></p>
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<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Degree in computer science&nbsp;</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">10+ years of experience in the IT industry experience in designing &amp; developing complex enterprise software applications.</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">5+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML, including architecting, designing, developing and deploying production-grade AI solutions using techniques such as regression, classification, and deep neural networks, with experience using frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">3+ years of experience working with at least one major cloud AI platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience developing and deploying production AI solutions utilizing Generative AI, including Large Language Models, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), text embeddings, and vector databases</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">2+ years of experience with MLOps processes, including managing end-to-end machine learning deployment and monitoring</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Solid knowledge of Exploratory data analysis, data engineering and building data pipelines&nbsp;</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding of data privacy, security, and ethical considerations in AI system design</span></span></li>
<li style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Willingness to lead and manage global teams, including teams based in India</span></span></li>
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<p style="line-height: 1.25; font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy<br></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">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 $132,200 to $226,600 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>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.</em></span></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>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.</em></span></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.02px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-family: Tahoma; text-align: center;"><br><span style="font-size: 10px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.</em></span></span></p>