Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Position Description Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry thats improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isnt about another gadget, its about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. Theres no room for error. Join us and start doing your lifes best work.(sm)Primary Responsibilities:

• Research, invent, design and build novel AI solutions and train Machine Learning models to address the biggest opportunities in healthcare
• Produce high quality solutions that are robust, reliable and scalable
• Approach highly uncertain and ambiguous environments with curiosity and a positive can-do attitude
• De-lever the risk of the hardest part of a project
• Utilize data from disparate data sources and formats in order to support solution features
• Research and develop novel AI solutions independently and as part of a team
• Provide technical vision and leadership to the team and the Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses community alike
• Liaise with business stakeholders
• Collaborate effectively in cross-functional and interdisciplinary teams
• Demonstrate initiative and strong ownership of deliverables
• Applying the scientific method to prove the value of proposed innovations
• Develop both technical as well as domain expertise to effectively realize business opportunities
• 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:

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, AI/Machine Learning, Statistics, Optimization or related discipline
• Demonstrated experience in the fundamentals, practical application, and best practices of AI
• 5+ years track record of advanced AI development
• Experience with Spark, Hadoop, MPI, or other distributed frameworks
• Working Knowledge of Tensorflow, PyTorch or similar other machine learning frameworks
• Fluency in R, Python, Scala, Java, C/C++ or other programming languages to demonstrate the results of algorithmic approaches
• Strong software design and architecture skills with an eye towards avoiding and reducing technical debt

Preferred Qualifications:

• PhD in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or related quantitative discipline
• Academic publications in AI at top tier conferences or journals
• Experience in Healthcare
• Demonstrable experience in building end-to-end AI systems
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Speech AI
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Natural Language Understanding
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Image Processing
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Deep Learning
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Classical AI (search and planning)
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Reinforcement Learning
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Bayesian Statistics
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Causal Inference
• Demonstrable academic or industry experience in Ethical AI
• Prior experience with Cloud AI APIs (GCP, Azure, AWS)
• Experience building and running ML algorithms in constrained environments (i.e., Mobile Phones)

Careers with Optum. Heres the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the worlds large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your lifes best work.(sm)Job Keywords: Principal Software Engineer, Software Engineer, Software Developer, Software Development, Computer Programmer, Computer Programming, Web Developer, Web Development, Application Developer, Application Development, AI Development, Spark, Hadoop, Bangalore, Karnataka,

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