Senior AI Scientist, Healthcare Data Systems (Remote)

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Remote; USD 92,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Equity opportunities

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to lead high-impact AI initiatives in healthcare analytics. You will architect scalable AI systems, train transformer and multimodal models, and bridge the gap between AI research and production software for decision support and improved care outcomes.

The position is remote across the United States with collaboration across business, product, operations, and engineering teams, accompanied by a strong salary range and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry or academic experience in machine learning or related data science field.
• 5+ years of experience building machine learning models.
• 5+ years of experience with Python programming and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch or TensorFlow).

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end generative AI and ML projects with high ambiguity and scale.
• Design robust AI architectures that are scalable, secure, and efficient.
• Develop predictive, prescriptive, and optimization models using ML, DL, NLP, and generative AI.
• Formulate hypotheses, run experiments, and validate findings with rigorous analytics.
• Collaborate with business, product, operations, and tech teams to translate insights into decisions.

Skills

Machine learning

Python

Deep learning

Statistical analysis

Education

Master's or PhD in related field

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Optum is hiring a Senior Data Scientist to lead high-impact AI initiatives in healthcare analytics. You will architect scalable AI systems, train transformer and multimodal models, and bridge the gap between AI research and production software for decision support and improved care outcomes.

The position is remote across the United States with collaboration across business, product, operations, and engineering teams, accompanied by a strong salary range and comprehensive benefits.