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# AI/ML Engineer

- **Company:** Optum, Inc
- **Location:** Eden Prairie, MN, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $98,500.0 - $176,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** AI Evaluation, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Cleansing, Information Engineering, Distributed Data Store, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Release Management, Standard Sql, Azure Machine Learning, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Enterprise Data Management, Cloud Platform System, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Model Validation, Generative AI, Agentic-AI, AI Platforms, Information Technology, Low Latency, Data Management, Machine Learning Operations, Software Version Control, Databricks
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3cbb05a21e338618

## About the Role

* 2+ years of experience in AI/ML, data science, software engineering, data engineering, or a related discipline
 * 2+ years of experience developing and deploying production AI/ML solutions in enterprise or cloud environments
 * 2+ years of experience with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, embeddings, semantic search, or related technologies
 * 2+ years of proficiency in Python and SQL
 * 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms, distributed data technologies, automated testing, source control, and CI/CD
 * 2+ years of experience with model evaluation, monitoring, MLOps, Responsible AI, security, privacy, and governance, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
 * Demonstrated familiarity with Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) or similar delivery models
 * Proven hands-on knowledge of Azure, Databricks, or other cloud AI/ML platforms
 * Experience with building AI agents, intelligent automation, or GenAI solutions
 * Demonstrated knowledge of AI evaluation, monitoring, and observability
 * Proven ability to integrate AI with enterprise data, APIs, and applications
 * Experience in healthcare or other regulated industries
 * Proven ability to create reusable AI/ML patterns, platforms, and accelerators

## Description

Genoa Healthcare, part of OptumRx, is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, build, deploy, and support production AI/ML, Generative AI, and agentic solutions. This role will partner with pharmacy operations, product, clinical, compliance, data, and engineering teams to translate business challenges into secure, scalable, and measurable AI capabilities., * Design, develop, evaluate, deploy, and maintain production AI/ML solutions

 * Build predictive models for forecasting, classification, recommendations, anomaly detection, and workflow optimization
 * Develop Generative AI solutions using LLMs, RAG, embeddings, semantic search, and AI agents
 * Create reusable pipelines for data preparation, model training, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and retraining
 * Integrate AI services into pharmacy applications, APIs, data platforms, and business workflows
 * Implement MLOps and LLMOps practices, including automated testing, CI/CD, versioning, observability, and release management
 * Monitor solutions for accuracy, quality, drift, groundedness, latency, reliability, cost, and business performance
 * Apply Responsible AI, security, privacy, governance, auditability, and human-review controls
 * Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to identify opportunities, define success measures, and deliver measurable outcomes
 * Contribute to reusable AI patterns, engineering standards, documentation, and technical mentoring

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.