AI/ML Engineer

UnitedHealth Group; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer with 5+ years in AI/ML roles to design and deploy Gen AI, fine-tune LLMs, and implement RAG architectures. The role requires strong Python, PyTorch, SQL skills and a track record with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP).

The successful candidate will contribute to enterprise-scale agentic solutions, data processing, and production-grade APIs, collaborating across teams to advance health technology initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering.
• 5+ years of experience in AI/ML roles.
• Experience with Gen AI, fine-tuning LLMs, and RAG.
• Experience with vector databases / embeddings.
• Knowledge of Document AI / OCR / extraction solutions.
• Familiarity with Opensource and OpenAI LLMs and RAG architecture.
• Proficiency in Python, PyTorch, SQL and data analysis.
• Experience with cloud platforms: Azure, AWS, GCP.
• Proven ability to deploy and use LLMs effectively.

Responsibilities

• Comply with all applicable company policies, procedures, and directives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver AI/ML solutions.
• Develop and deploy enterprise-level Agentic solutions using AI frameworks.
• Build and optimize data pipelines, models and APIs for production.

Skills

AI/ML experience

Python

PyTorch

SQL

OpenAI API

Cloud (Azure AWS GCP)

LLMs deployment

NLP techniques

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Tools

Langgraph

Google ADK

CrewAI

Streamlit

Flask

FastAPI

REST APIs

Docker

Job description

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 Responsibility:

• Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science engineering. Overall 5+ years of experience in AI ML roles
• Experience in implementing real projects using Gen AI, Fine tuning LLMs , RAG.
• Experience in implementing enterprise level Agentic solution using any of the open frameworks (Langgraph, Google ADK, CrewAI, etc.)
• Experience with vector databases / embeddings
• Experience in Document AI / OCR / extraction solutions and structured output creation
• Understanding of Both Opensource and Open AI LLMs and RAG architecture
• Exposure implementing multiple machine learning and AI techniques such as supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement learning, Deep learning, NLP
• Familiarity with NLP literature, thrust areas, conference venues, and code repositories
• Familiarity with UI tools like Streamlit, flask etc , FAST APIs , Rest APIs , Docker containers
• Proficiency in Python, pytorch , SQL and other programming languages for data analysis and modeling with atleast 5+ years of experience.
• Proficiency in libraries such as OpenAI API
• Proficiency with cloud development environments such as Azure, AWS, and GCP
• Proven good grasp of using LLMs, Deploying LLMs
• Proven excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to disaggregate issues, identify root causes and recommend solutions

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.