Senior AI/ML Engineer & MLOps Leader

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; USD 146,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to drive design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade ML/AI solutions. You will lead engineering initiatives, build robust MLOps platforms, and work with data scientists, software engineers, and product leaders to deliver scalable, reliable AI across the enterprise.

The role requires 7+ years of software experience and 4+ years deploying ML in production, with strong leadership and CI/CD expertise.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 4+ years dedicated to building, deploying, and maintaining ML models in production environments.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering projects or providing technical guidance to software/ML engineering teams.
• 3+ years of experience designing MLOps architectures, containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• 3+ years of experience building CI/CD automated pipelines and model monitoring systems for production software.
• 2+ years of hands-on programming with Python and core ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn).

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and deploy scalable ML/AI models and MLOps pipelines into production environments.
• Lead engineering teams in model training, deployment, inference, and monitoring architectures on cloud platforms.
• Evaluate emerging AI/ML techniques and frameworks to drive tech stack improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into production-ready capabilities.
• Establish best practices for code quality, CI/CD, data pipelines, model governance, and responsible AI practices.
• Provide technical mentorship to software and ML engineers across the team.

Skills

Software engineering experience

ML in production

Team leadership

CI/CD pipelines

Python

Cloud platforms

Model governance

MLOps

Education

B.S./B.E./BTECH/ MCA(CSE/IT) or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Scikit-learn

CI/CD tooling

Job description

UnitedHealth Group in Eden Prairie, MN is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to drive design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade ML/AI solutions. You will lead engineering initiatives, build robust MLOps platforms, and work with data scientists, software engineers, and product leaders to deliver scalable, reliable AI across the enterprise.

The role requires 7+ years of software experience and 4+ years deploying ML in production, with strong leadership and CI/CD expertise.