Remote Senior AI/ML Engineer for Healthcare Underwriting

Latitude; Minnetonka (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealthcare is seeking a Sr AI/ML Engineer to join our LMIS team, delivering AI-driven underwriting modernization and production‑grade models that streamline benefit assessments and core systems.

You will design, build, and optimize AI/ML capabilities using Python, LLMs, and RAG pipelines, collaborating with engineers and underwriting stakeholders to deploy scalable, secure APIs and ensure high availability across enterprise workflows.

Qualifications

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered underwriting solutions.
• Build scalable ML pipelines and modern APIs for underwriting systems.
• Collaborate with engineers and stakeholders to productionize AI models.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions and platforms to address complex business challenges with a solid emphasis on the responsible use of AI
• Design and implement retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG) pipelines that integrate enterprise knowledge sources, vector search, embeddings, and LLM orchestration patterns
• Support agentic AI architectures by integrating Model Context Protocol (MCP) capabilities and agent‑to‑agent communication protocols for secure, interoperable workflow execution
• Leverage enterprise‑approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation by streamlining workflows and automating repetitive engineering tasks
• Evaluate emerging trends and approved toolsets in the AI/ML landscape to inform solution design, architectural decisions, and strategic underwriting and modernization initiatives
• Design, develop, and optimize robust AI/ML capabilities using Python to address complex underwriting and benefit determinations
• Build, integrate, and maintain high-performance, secure API endpoints to expose machine learning models and LLM functionalities
• Integrate LLMs and advanced AI model architectures into production environments to enhance user workflows and operational efficiency
• Collaborate with software, data engineers, and underwriting stakeholders to deliver scalable machine learning pipelines and microservices.
• Ensure high availability, security, and performance of deployed models through rigorous testing, monitoring, and debugging

Skills

Python programming

API development

ML engineering

LLMs

RAG pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or related field

Tools

FastAPI/Flask/REST

Docker/Kubernetes

LangChain/Hugging Face

Vector databases

Job description

UnitedHealthcare is seeking a Sr AI/ML Engineer to join our LMIS team, delivering AI-driven underwriting modernization and production‑grade models that streamline benefit assessments and core systems.

You will design, build, and optimize AI/ML capabilities using Python, LLMs, and RAG pipelines, collaborating with engineers and underwriting stakeholders to deploy scalable, secure APIs and ensure high availability across enterprise workflows.