Senior AI/ML Engineering Leader — Health Tech (Remote)

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); Híbrido; USD 149.000 - 255.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Optum's Eden Prairie-based Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering leads enterprise-scale AI/ML initiatives within the Optum Rx technology team. You will guide engineering leaders, design scalable AI platforms, and collaborate with product, data science, and business executives to solve healthcare challenges.

The role focuses on responsible AI, governance, and orchestration, with remote flexibility nationwide and in-office presence four days weekly for Minneapolis-area hires.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years of equivalent software engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams, engineering managers, or technical leaders.
• 5+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale AI, ML, Data, or Cloud platforms.
• 4+ years of hands-on Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, and enterprise AI architecture.
• 3+ years of experience with Agentic AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI orchestration, and intelligent automation.
• 3+ years of hands‑on AI/ML engineering experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and manage engineering teams, managers, and technical leaders in the design, development, deployment, and operation of enterprise-scale AI and ML solutions.
• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to address complex healthcare and pharmacy business challenges, placing emphasis on the responsible use of AI.
• Use enterprise-approved AI tools and modern frameworks to streamline engineering workflows, automate core tasks, and drive continuous operational improvement.
• Drive AI/ML adoption across the organization, accelerating the development of Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, predictive analytics, and Agentic AI capabilities.
• Partner with product management, software engineering, and business leaders to align technical strategy with business objectives and enterprise engineering best practices.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and AI trends to inform solution design, scalable architecture, and strategic technology innovation.
• Oversee AI governance, model lifecycle management (MLOps), system security, and operational excellence for high-availability pharmacy platforms.
• Mentor, coach, and develop engineering talent on modern AI/ML frameworks, cloud platforms, and responsible AI practices.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Strategic planning

Team management

Python development

AI governance

MLOps

Cloud architecture

Educación

Bachelor’s degree or 4+ years equivalent software eng. experience

Master’s Degree in CS/AI/ML/Data Science or related field

Herramientas

AWS Bedrock

SageMaker/AWS ML services

Lambda

ECS/EKS

OpenSearch

S3

Python

Descripción del empleo

Optum's Eden Prairie-based Senior Manager of AI/ML Engineering leads enterprise-scale AI/ML initiatives within the Optum Rx technology team. You will guide engineering leaders, design scalable AI platforms, and collaborate with product, data science, and business executives to solve healthcare challenges.

The role focuses on responsible AI, governance, and orchestration, with remote flexibility nationwide and in-office presence four days weekly for Minneapolis-area hires.