Director, AI/ML Engineering - Remote - 2266898

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Optum Technology Digital team is on a mission to disrupt the healthcare industry, transforming UHG into an industry-leading Consumer brand. We deliver hyper-personalized digital solutions that empower direct-to-consumer, digital-first experiences, educating, guiding, and empowering consumers to access the right care at the right time. Our mission is to revolutionize healthcare for patients and providers by delivering cutting-edge, personalized and conversational digital solutions. We?re Consumer Obsessed, ensuring they receive exceptional support throughout their healthcare journeys. As we drive this transformation, we're revolutionizing customer interactions with the healthcare system, leveraging AI, cloud computing, and other disruptive technologies to tackle complex challenges. Serving UnitedHealth Group's digital technology needs, the Consumer Engineering team impacts millions of lives through UnitedHealthcare & Optum.

We are seeking a dynamic individual who embodies modern engineering culture?someone with deep engineering expertise within a digital product model, a passion for innovation, and a relentless drive to enhance the consumer experience. Our ideal candidate thrives in an agile, fast-paced rapid-prototyping environment, embraces DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, and champions the Voice of the Customer. If you are driven by the pursuit of excellence, eager to innovate, and excited to make a tangible impact within a team that embraces modern technologies and consumer-centric strategies, while prioritizing robust cyber-security protocols, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us. Join our team and be at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare, where your unique skills will not only be recognized but celebrated.

The Unified Search Team at Optum is working to bring industry-leading search technology and user experiences to tens of millions of healthcare consumers and providers. We are looking for a Principal AI/ML engineer to join the Unified Enterprise Search (UES) team to collaborate with lines of business across the Optum/United Healthcare enterprise to develop, deploy, and integrate enterprise search services. Reporting to the Senior Distinguished Engineer/VP of Engineering, they will partner closely with Platform, Data Science, UI/UX, and Product teams and collaborate with numerous stakeholders across the business.

We are forming a geographically distributed but cohesive and high-performing team of inquiring minds; we plan our teamwork around flexible schedules and other personal needs. You will be part of a group of innovators who will help drive the change for healthcare consumers.

We are looking for seasoned software engineers and data scientists with leadership experience to manage an elite engineering team that works on complex problems related to search technology in healthcare. This individual should be able to take the lead on projects that may require the work of several teams to implement. We expect this leader to contribute to the design of our search services, collaborate with other leaders (e.g., platform, science, delivery) to create efficient solutions and deliver state-of-the-art production systems that are easy to maintain.

You?ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities: ? Making transformative changes to our architecture and driving UES technical strategy ? Evaluating and making decisions around the use of new or existing technologies and tools; influencing other Principals, Directors, and their technical teams to build the right systems that can scale to the needs of the business ? Design, develop, and deliver strategically significant or demanding software that changes how we engineer solutions ? Build exemplary architecture solutions in terms of efficiency, stability, extensibility, and the ability to evolve over time ? Decompose significantly complex engineering problems into straightforward solutions; define an architecture for these solutions ? Perform code reviews and mentor junior engineers. Work as the front-facing technical lead for the data engineering team ? Assist with recruiting and hiring ? Influence the technical direction of the team ? Build the team into an engineering center of excellence

An ideal candidate will have the following:
? Solid hands-on engineering and people management experience (in small technical teams)
? Excellent written and oral skills
? Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
? Excellent analytical skills; attention to detail, and documentation
? An interest in working with complex data sets
? A desire to make data better, cleaner, and ML-ready
? An interest in building new mechanisms for different data domains
? Drive to build for the enterprise

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
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Skills:
Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Code Reviews, Consumer Branding, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Customer Experience, Customer Relations, Data Science, Data Sets, Detail Oriented, DevOps, Documentation, Establish Priorities, Healthcare, Healthcare Providers, Internet Security, Leadership, Leading Edge Technology, Mentoring, People Management, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Process Improvement, Production Systems, Rapid Prototyping, Search Technology, Security Protocols, Software Engineering, Strategic Planning, Team Building, Team Lead/Manager, Team Player, Technical Leadership, Technical Strategy, Time Management, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX), Work From Home, Writing Skills

About the Company:
UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that?s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions worldwide. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others.

What we do

Gain insights on how we work to help people live healthier lives and help make the health system work better for everyone by watching this video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PbNyi2IDkY

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Being a part of UnitedHealth Group means working to improve health outcomes for everyone, including yourself. Here is how:

? Caring. Your total health and well-being are important to us. Whatever matters most to you ? we have resources to help you be your best at work and at home. The benefits range from free Peloton courses to financial counseling.?earn more about what we offer.

? Connecting. We recognize our collective power to make an impact across our communities because we believe the health of any society is measured by the overall health of its people.?earn more about our culture.

? Growing together. UnitedHealth Group is full of inspiring career stories, and we offer a lifetime of opportunities. Discover all the ways you can learn, grow and develop.

Company Size:
10,000 employees or more

Industry:
Healthcare Services

Founded:
1977

Website:
http://careers.unitedhealthgroup.com/