AI Engineer

We are looking for a Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) who partners directly with business teams to identify high-value problems and deliver AI-led automation and innovation under centralized council oversight.

An FDE in UHG is an empowered AI builder embedded within business units to understand real-world context, build practical solutions, and drive measurable AI driven outcomes.

The role blends hands-on engineering, solution architecture, product thinking, consulting, and customer-facing execution., 1. Business Embedding and Outcome Ownership

• Embed with business and engineering teams to own AI outcomes within a defined business domain.
• Build and deliver AI solutions hands-on; this is an execution role, not an advisory role.
• Convert AI potential into production value through code-first delivery and active repository contributions.

1. Problem Discovery and Solution Design * Understand business processes, pain points, systems, data flows, and success metrics. * Translate problems into MVPs, integrations, automations, and production-ready solutions with an ownership mindset * Build across APIs, databases, cloud platforms, workflow tools, enterprise systems, and AI/GenAI technologies.

2. Rapid Prototyping and Value Validation * Own the journey from discovery to working solution, rapidly proving business value through pilots and POCs

3. Integration, Adoption, and Scale * Integrate with enterprise platforms, data systems, workflows, collaboration tools, and third-party APIs. * Document architectures, implementation playbooks, reusable components, and customer-specific solution guides. * Feed field learnings into product roadmap, accelerators, and go-to-market propositions.

• 4-8 years of experience in AI led engineering, implementation, product, consulting, or customer-facing technology roles.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with hands-on coding experience in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, .NET/C#, or Go.
• AI proficiency is mandatory; candidates may come from software engineering, data science, UX, or related domains with proven hands on experience.
• Daily AI tool usage, demonstrable code contributions, and documented token usage.
• Strong analytical thinking and expertise in effectively utilizing data to derive AI solutions to solve business problems.
• Strong understanding of APIs, databases, cloud services, authentication, integrations, and deployment.
• Experience in Data and analytics platforms.
• Comfortable with structured and unstructured data.
• Experience with GenAI, LLMs, RAG, agents, AI workflow automation, prompt engineering, model integration and model training.
• Cloud experience across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Good communication, adaptability, and problem-solving in ambiguous environments.

Good to Have

• Knowledge of ML algorithms, model building, deployment, deep learning, and NLP.
• Experience integrating with Salesforce, Jira, Rally, Oracle, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics or similar platforms.
• Familiarity with data engineering, ETL/ELT pipelines, BI dashboards, analytics, and reporting workflows.

Healthcare exposure, especially contact centers, claims automation, finance, or technology services Equal Opportunity Employer