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UnitedHealth Group Senior Data Scientist in Bengaluru, India
Requisition number: 2342037
Job category: Business & Data Analytics
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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
This role focuses on developing advanced analytical and machine learning solutions to support enterprise AI initiatives, particularly Defensive AI, risk intelligence, and AI‑driven automation programs. The role emphasizes translating complex data into actionable insights and AI‑ready models.
Primary Responsibilities:
Data Science & Advanced Analytics
Develop and deploy statistical models and machine learning algorithms using Python
Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to identify trends, risks, and actionable insights
Design and evaluate models for classification, regression, clustering, and anomaly detection
AI / ML Model Development
Build and optimize ML models supporting Defensive AI, automation, and intelligence use cases
Perform feature engineering and model tuning for performance, scalability, and explainability
Prepare and validate datasets for GenAI, LLM, and advanced ML workflows
Model Deployment & Lifecycle
Partner with data engineering and platform teams to operationalize models
Support model monitoring, performance tracking, and continuous improvement
Ensure models align with enterprise standards for security, governance, and compliance
Cross‑Functional Collaboration
Collaborate closely with Data Engineering, AI Platform, Product, and Security teams
Translate business problems into data science solutions and measurable outcomes
Communicate insights and model results clearly to technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
Experience working with large, complex, enterprise‑scale datasets
GenAI / LLM data preparation and understanding of prompt‑ready datasets
Proven solid Python for data analysis, ML modeling, and automation
Proven applied statistics & machine learning (classification, regression, anomaly detection)
Proven feature engineering & model evaluation techniques
Proven SQL for data analysis and large‑scale dataset exploration
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience working in Agile, cross‑functional product teams
Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure preferred)
Familiarity with MLOps, model monitoring, and CI/CD for ML
Proven exposure to Databricks / Spark / Big Data ecosystems
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 . #AIForBetterHealthcare