Associate Software Engineer

Optum; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Equity Stock Purchase

401(k) Contribution

Career Development Opportunities

Incentive And Recognition Programs

Job summary

Optum is seeking a skilled software engineer to design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and production software, including Python-based AI solutions that integrate LLMs and ML models.

You will build agentic workflows, implement RAG capabilities, and contribute to AI evaluation, monitoring, and MLOps, while applying security, data governance, and responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree or at least four years of software engineering experience.
• At least two years of experience in Python and AI/ML development.
• Experience integrating LLMs and orchestrating multi-step workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and production software.
• Build AI solutions that integrate LLMs and ML models.

Skills

Python

AI/ML development

Large Language Models

LangGraph

Agentic Workflows

Prompt Engineering

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Embeddings

Vector Search

Cloud Platform Services

Software Development

MLOps

CI/CD

Information Security

Responsible AI

Education

Bachelor's degree

4+ years software engineering experience

Tools

LangGraph

Vector Databases

Job description

Design, develop, and operate secure cloud platform services and production software, including Python-based AI solutions that integrate LLMs and machine learning models. Build agentic workflows and RAG capabilities, establish AI evaluation and monitoring, support MLOps, and apply security, data governance, and responsible AI practices.

Requirements: Requires a bachelor's degree or at least four years of software engineering experience, plus at least two years of experience in Python and AI/ML development. Candidates must also have experience integrating LLMs, orchestrating multi-step workflows with LangGraph or similar frameworks, and using embeddings and vector search or vector databases.

Key Skills: Python, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Large Language Models, LangGraph, Agentic Workflows, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Embeddings, Vector Search, Cloud Platform Services, Software Development, MLOps, CI/CD, Information Security, Responsible AI

Benefits: Comprehensive Benefits Package, Incentive And Recognition Programs, Equity Stock Purchase, 401(k) Contribution, Career Development Opportunities