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 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.The Optum Technology Digital team is on a mission to disrupt the healthcare industry, transforming UHG into an industry-leading Consumer brand. We deliver hyper-personalized digital solutions that empower direct-to-consumer, digital-first experiences, educating, guiding, and empowering consumers to access the right care at the right time. Our mission is to revolutionize healthcare for patients and providers by delivering cutting-edge, personalized and conversational digital solutions. We’re Consumer Obsessed, ensuring they receive exceptional support throughout their healthcare journeys. As we drive this transformation, we're revolutionizing customer interactions with the healthcare system, leveraging AI, cloud computing, and other disruptive technologies to tackle complex challenges. Serving UnitedHealth Group's digital technology needs, the Consumer Engineering team impacts millions of lives through UnitedHealthcare & Optum.We are seeking a dynamic individual who embodies modern engineering culture—someone with deep engineering expertise within a digital product model, a passion for innovation, and a relentless drive to enhance the consumer experience. Our ideal candidate thrives in an agile, fast-paced rapid-prototyping environment, embraces DevOps and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices, and champions the Voice of the Customer. If you are driven by the pursuit of excellence, eager to innovate, and excited to make a tangible impact within a team that embraces modern technologies and consumer-centric strategies, while prioritizing robust cyber-security protocols, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us. Join our team and be at the forefront of shaping the future of healthcare, where your unique skills will not only be recognized but celebrated.The Unified Search Team at Optum is working to bring industry-leading search technology and user experiences to tens of millions of healthcare consumers and providers. We are looking for a Principal AI/ML engineer to join the Unified Enterprise Search (UES) team to collaborate with lines of business across the Optum/United Healthcare enterprise to develop, deploy, and integrate enterprise search services. Reporting to the Senior Distinguished Engineer/VP of Engineering, they will partner closely with Platform, Data Science, UI/UX, and Product teams and collaborate with numerous stakeholders across the business.We are forming a geographically distributed but cohesive and high-performing team of inquiring minds; we plan our teamwork around flexible schedules and other personal needs. You will be part of a group of innovators who will help drive the change for healthcare consumers.We are looking for seasoned software engineers and data scientists with leadership experience to manage an elite engineering team that works on complex problems related to search technology in healthcare. This individual should be able to take the lead on projects that may require the work of several teams to implement. We expect this leader to contribute to the design of our search services, collaborate with other leaders (e.g., platform, science, delivery) to create efficient solutions and deliver state-of-the-art production systems that are easy to maintain.You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.Primary Responsibilities:Making transformative changes to our architecture and driving UES technical strategyEvaluating and making decisions around the use of new or existing technologies and tools; influencing other Principals, Directors, and their technical teams to build the right systems that can scale to the needs of the businessDesign, develop, and deliver strategically significant or demanding software that changes how we engineer solutionsBuild exemplary architecture solutions in terms of efficiency, stability, extensibility, and the ability to evolve over timeDecompose significantly complex engineering problems into straightforward solutions; define an architecture for these solutionsPerform code reviews and mentor junior engineers. Work as the front-facing technical lead for the data engineering teamAssist with recruiting and hiringInfluence the technical direction of the teamBuild the team into an engineering center of excellenceAn ideal candidate will have the following:Solid hands-on engineering and people management experience (in small technical teams)Excellent written and oral skillsAbility to work well under pressure and meet deadlinesExcellent analytical skills; attention to detail, and documentationAn interest in working with complex data setsA desire to make data better, cleaner, and ML-readyAn interest in building new mechanisms for different data domainsDrive to build for the enterpriseYou’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role#J-18808-Ljbffr