Lead Software Engineer - Remote

• Partner with data engineering to build feature/retrieval stores, embeddings pipelines, and ETL/ELT jobs on Spark/Databricks; design analytics models and rules engines
• Define and develop APIs for integrations across the enterprise; improve data access patterns for low latency inference

• Own MLOps/LLMOps: CI/CD for models/prompts, automated tests (unit/contract/eval), versioning, lineage, rollback; enable blue/green or canary releases
• Instrument SLOs/SLIs (latency, availability, hallucination/defect rate) and cost KPIs (tokens, GPU hours) with dashboards and alerts
• Lead production deployments on internal platforms (e.g., UAIS) with solid observability, reliability, and cost controls

• Champion HIPAA and regulated industry controls; integrate access controls, PHI/PPI safeguards, data minimization, encryption, and auditability
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, and clinical safety to operationalize Responsible AI principles

• Analyze and define customer requirements; assist in defining product technical architecture and delivery roadmaps
• Provide effort estimates and inputs for resource planning; collaborate with QA, architecture, and peer teams
• Write technical documentation, support production, and mentor engineers and data scientists; keep skills current through continuous learning

You’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 as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

• Bachelor’s in Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related field
• 12+ years total IT experience
• 8+ years of hands on software development/data engineering/analytics with solid AI/ML delivery (Azure preferred) with Scala, Python, PySpark
• 4+ years hands on with Databricks
• 4+ years with ADF/Airflow (orchestration/scaling)
• 4+ years with bigdata & streaming (Spark, Kafka); Docker/Kubernetes
• 4+ years with MySQL and NoSQL databases
• 4+ years with Agile/Scrum, GitHub, Jenkins CI/CD, JUnit; solid coding standards and code reviews
• 2+ years with LLMs & GenAI (Langchain, LangGraph, RAG, Vector DB, Azure Open AI, MCP Server, Agents, LangFuse)
• 2+ years of experience with container (Docker/Kubernetes)
• 1+ years with Proficiency building services or full stack apps (e.g., FastAPI/Flask, Node.js, React/Angular, TypeScript, HTML/CSS)

• Healthcare experience; familiarity with clinical datasets
• SOA and enterprise integration concepts
• Experience working in regulated industries, with knowledge of ethical AI/ML practices and compliance requirements
• Publications/patents or notable open-source contributions
• Excellent analysis, problem solving, and communication skills

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc.

In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

The salary for this role will range from $112,700 - $193,200 annually based on full-time employment.

We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected.

Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace.

Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.