Senior AI/ML Engineering Lead – Health Tech (Remote)

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 255,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealthcare seeks a Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering to lead full‑stack and AI/ML platform teams, shaping roadmaps and delivering end‑to‑end solutions for Medicare & Retirement. You will drive governance, data practices, and enterprise standards while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, architecture, and data science partners.

The role supports remote work across the U.S. with in-office requirements for Minneapolis, MN, or Washington, D.C.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in CS/engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in software engineering including full stack development.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Solid hands-on experience with Java, Python, Node.js, and modern full stack frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of engineering roadmaps for assigned products and platform components.
• Break down multi-quarter initiatives into executable sprints; manage risks and dependencies.
• Contribute to architecture for AI-driven applications and microservices.
• Govern AI models, data, and responsible AI practices within CI/CD and SDLC workflows.
• Partner with product, architecture, and data science to translate strategy into execution.

Skills

Team leadership

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience

Tools

Java

Python

Node.js

React/Angular

REST

GraphQL

AWS

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

Microservices

Job description

UnitedHealthcare seeks a Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering to lead full‑stack and AI/ML platform teams, shaping roadmaps and delivering end‑to‑end solutions for Medicare & Retirement. You will drive governance, data practices, and enterprise standards while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, architecture, and data science partners.

The role supports remote work across the U.S. with in-office requirements for Minneapolis, MN, or Washington, D.C.