Senior AI/ML Engineer — Healthcare Impact, Remote

UnitedHealth Group; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase program

401(k) contribution

Telecommuter policy

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in the United States is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, deployment, and scaling of enterprise AI/ML solutions that improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency. This role combines hands-on development with architecture guidance and mentorship, partnering with product management and data science teams to deliver innovative healthcare products.

Remote-friendly setup with an office-based cadence and strong emphasis on MLOps, governance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years of software engineering / machine learning engineering experience in lieu of degree.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience across all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• 3+ years of experience designing, developing, and deploying production-grade machine learning solutions in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• 3+ years of programming experience with Python and SQL or PySpark.
• 2+ years of experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment practices for production software delivery.
• Experience working with large-scale distributed data and computing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, deployment, and operationalization of production-grade machine learning models and AI-enabled software solutions.
• Build and support scalable, cloud-based AI/ML systems, data pipelines, and feature workflows for both batch and real-time workloads.
• Establish and drive MLOps practices, including model orchestration, CI/CD automation, testing, drift detection, automated retraining, and operational governance.
• Manage, monitor, and optimize production machine learning systems to ensure high reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Apply advanced AI/ML techniques-such as NLP, deep learning, computer vision, foundation models, and modern AI architectures to address complex healthcare challenges.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentorship to engineers while driving engineering excellence across cross-functional teams.
• Partner with product management, data science, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate strategic requirements into deliverable AI capabilities and communicate technical approaches to leadership.

Skills

Python

SQL

PySpark

CI/CD

MLOps

Cloud (Azure)

Cloud (AWS)

Cloud (GCP)

NLP

Deep learning

Computer vision

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Databricks

Azure Machine Learning

Snowflake

Job description

UnitedHealth Group in the United States is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to lead the design, development, deployment, and scaling of enterprise AI/ML solutions that improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiency. This role combines hands-on development with architecture guidance and mentorship, partnering with product management and data science teams to deliver innovative healthcare products.

Remote-friendly setup with an office-based cadence and strong emphasis on MLOps, governance, and