Optum - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer

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.

Responsible for designing, developing, and implementing machine learning models and algorithms to solve complex problems.

Key Skills :

- Expert-level Python for Production Systems : Proven ability to architect and write clean, typed, and testable code for distributed systems.

- Experience building systems that communicate via message queues like Azure Service Bus.

- In-depth knowledge of LLM vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10 for LLMs) and experience implementing guardrails against prompt injections and data

- Asynchronous & Concurrent Programming : Mastery of Python's asyncio to build scalable, I/O-bound services

- Deep, hands-on experience with FastAPI and Pydantic for building robust, schema-validated microservices

- Cloud-Native Development : Strong experience with Docker for applications and deploying orchestrated environments like Kubernetes (AKS).

- Experience on explainable AI (AXI) tools - such as LIME and SHAP