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:
Required Qualifications:
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Core Programming & Backend
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Extensive experience using GenAI
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Solid proficiency in Python
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Cloud & DevOps
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Hands-on experience with Azure Cloud, particularly:
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Azure OpenAI (LLMs, embeddings)
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Azure AI Search
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Cosmos DB
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Azure Storage Account
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Azure App Services / Functions
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AI/ML Concepts
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Candidates should be familiar with key AI fundamentals, including but not limited to:
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AI / LLM Concepts
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Tokenization, embeddings, and vector stores
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Prompt engineering & prompt chaining
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Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) principles
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Model fine-tuning vs. prompt-adaptation
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Context windows, grounding, hallucination management
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Knowledge distillation, model evaluation metrics
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LLM function calling and tool-use
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Autonomous agent frameworks and agentic workflows
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MLOps / AI Engineering Concepts
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Data ingestion pipelines
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Embedding generation & indexing
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Monitoring of AI system performance
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Caching strategies and latency optimization
Preferred Qualification:
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Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions
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.
