Senior AI/ML Engineer for Healthcare AI Solutions (Remote)

Optum; Richardson (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Incentives & recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401(k) contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered healthcare solutions. You will work with software engineers, data scientists, and clinical leaders to translate clinical data into actionable intelligence and scalable workflows within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

The role supports remote work from anywhere in the United States, with occasional in-office requirements for certain metro areas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering, machine learning engineering, or data science in a production enterprise.
• 3+ years designing, training, evaluating and deploying ML/ DL models in production.
• 3+ years Python and core AI/ML data science libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, SciPy).
• 2+ years cloud platform infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and cloud AI/ML/data services (SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI).
• 2+ years statistical analysis, predictive modeling, hypothesis testing on complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered healthcare solutions with responsible AI.
• Perform EDA, feature engineering, statistical modeling on large clinical datasets.
• Leverage enterprise AI tools to streamline workflows and automate tasks.
• Evaluate AI/ML trends to inform architecture and innovation.
• Build and maintain production-grade ML pipelines and models.
• Architect scalable microservices and APIs to integrate ML into enterprise apps.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business objectives into robust solutions.
• Implement MLOps for CI/CD, governance, model tracking, and deployment.

Skills

Software engineering

Machine learning engineering

Python

ML frameworks

Cloud platforms

MLOps

Docker/Kubernetes

Statistical analysis

Education

Master’s or Bachelor’s degree

Tools

SageMaker

Azure ML

Vertex AI

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, and deployment of AI-powered healthcare solutions. You will work with software engineers, data scientists, and clinical leaders to translate clinical data into actionable intelligence and scalable workflows within a secure, enterprise-grade environment.

The role supports remote work from anywhere in the United States, with occasional in-office requirements for certain metro areas.