Data Scientist

Data Scientist, Letterkenny or Dublin – Hybrid

Optum is a global organisation 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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

About the Role:

In healthcare, evolution doesn’t just happen. It takes innovation, imagination, and a passion for solving problems in new and better ways. And innovation is taking place at a lightning-fast pace every day at Optum. 
As the fastest growing part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, we’re expanding our team in Ireland and creating excellent opportunities for those who want greater purpose and more impact in their work. We’ll provide the investment, support, and resources to advance your career. You’ll provide the talent, ambition, and drive.

We are seeking a data scientist with a strong background in data analytics and software engineering. This role focuses on leveraging advanced analytics to support key business operations, automate workflows and generate actionable insights. While primarily a data-driven role, experience with software development and cloud based tools will be required to support internal applications and infrastructure.

Primary Responsibilities of the Data Scientist:

•    Be an independent thinker and advocate of data science methods and applications
•    The ability for critical thinking outside your immediate sphere of responsibility
•    Work with autonomy and in partnership with other Data Scientists and business partners to find solutions to complex problems
•    Develop and deploy scalable data science solutions to solve business challenges
•    Explore, analyze and interpret large datasets to identify patterns, trends and anomalies
•    Prototype new analytics tools and applications to improve operational efficiency
•    Be familiar with the state-of-the-art around big data analytics and associated technologies and techniques 
•    Support and maintain cloud-based data pipelines and infrastructure
•    Work as part of a small team, sharing ideas and contributing to the strategic goals.

You will be rewarded and recognised for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role, as well as providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications of the Data Scientist:

•    Undergraduate degree in engineering, data science, computer science or a related field
•    Programming experience with Python/Pyspark or other analytical languages
•    Experience with ML frameworks, statistical methods and using programming to solve complex technical problems
•    Knowledge of cloud computing platforms and data workflows
•    Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and containerization
•    Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical audiences

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Masters degree or PhD in a technical field (e.g. computer science, science, engineering, math, statistics, physics etc.)
•    Hands-on experience using version control systems such as Git
•    Experience of large-scale distributed computing environments (Hadoop, Hive, Databricks etc)
•    Experience working with ETL scheduling tools such as Airflow, and dashboard creation tools such as Power BI etc.
•    Exposure to web development software stack (JavaScript, React, Alembic, SQLAlchemy)
•    Experience applying computational algorithms and statistical methods to structured and unstructured data

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.

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 marginalised 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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2024 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

 
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