Associate Data Scientist – AI or ML

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work closely with a lead-data scientist and help improve business processes leveraging data science tools & techniques in natural language and machine learning domain
• Understand business requirements and convert into analytical solution
• Analyze large amounts of information to discover trends and patterns
• Develop data science algorithms & generate actionable insights as per business needs and work closely with cross capability teams throughout solution development lifecycle from design to implementation & monitoring
• Understanding of Azure Cloud technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure SQL, Azure Blob Storage Azure data Bricks
• Manage day to day development tasks and stakeholder communication
• Document work appropriately for production support and transition readiness
• Acquire & enhance understanding of US Healthcare domain
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Masters in Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics or Machine Learning – any or equivalent
• 12+ months hands on experience of solving real world business problems leveraging data science tools
• Working knowledge of NLP skills (like Text Classification/Entity Recognition/Transfer Learning Concepts etc.)
• Sound knowledge of unstructured text data handling & manipulation; Programming: Python/SQL knowledge
• Good Theoretical knowledge of some or most Machine learning techniques like Random Forest, Gradient Boosting Machine, XGBoost, CATBoost etc.
• Programming: knows R/Python with PyTorch/TensorFlow, Knows how to leverage pre trained models (Via Transfer Learning)
• Proven excellent written and oral communication skills
• Proven excellent problem-solving & story-telling abilities with analytical mindset
• Proven excellent interpersonal and team skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding & experience of SparkNLP framework
• Understanding of Responsible Use of AI, model fairness, bias assessment and its risk mitigations 
• Exposure to RAG, LangChain, VectorDBs

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes – an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.