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UnitedHealth Group Senior Manager - Architecture in Hyderabad, India
Requisition number: 2339211
Job category: Technology
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.
An individual in the Architecture job family is a strategic resource for UnitedHealth Group. This individual could be involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership. Responsible for communicating overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in. Will provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies. In base and mid-level roles, engages across teams in a capacity that ranges from assisting on in-flight initiatives, up to technical briefings and demonstrations of new technologies across the organization. In senior level roles, leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a solid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders.
Primary Responsibilities:
Fine-tunes a large language model on proprietary data to improve its performance
Develops new machine learning models from scratch
Experiments with novel model architectures or algorithms
Conducts and publishes research on AI models
Research and develop cutting-edge AI models, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, and generative architectures
Advance agentic capabilities by designing autonomous systems that can reason, plan, and interact with complex environments
Prototype and refine novel algorithms to improve model performance, scalability, and interpretability
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate theoretical advancements into practical enterprise applications
Conduct rigorous experimentation and benchmarking to evaluate model efficacy and robustness
Publish findings, contribute to open-source initiatives, and stay abreast of emerging trends in AI research
Ensure ethical AI development by incorporating fairness, transparency, and accountability into model design
Optimize training pipelines and infrastructure for large-scale model deployment and continuous learning
Mentor junior researchers and contribute to the development of internal AI knowledge bases and best practices
Partner with data engineering and product teams to integrate AI solutions into production systems
Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance of managers and/or senior level professional staff
Impact of work is most often at the operational or local business unit or market level
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:
Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
10+ years of experience in software development
3+ years of experience delivering solutions with a focus on AI/ML
Hands-on experience with Azure Functions, Azure Monitor, and App Insights
Extensive experience implementing generative AI solutions using OpenAI compatible APIs
Experience with Cloud-based AI and data services Python, Databricks, RAG, Agentic, AI Foundary, LangFuse
Experience in GitHub & M365 Copilot,Deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit Learn
Experience with frontend development using React or Angular, and backend services using Java or .NET
Knowledge of enterprise search, NLP, Speech AI, Vision AI, Supervised & unsupervised ML
Solid understanding of RAG architecture including knowledge of vector databases and semantic search
Proven expertise in Azure Document Intelligence, OCR, and Databricks
Advanced proficiency in Python for AI/ML and automation
Proven ability to lead the design and implementation of intelligent applications using Azure OpenAI, LLM Gateway, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques
Proven ability to drive end-to-end delivery of AI-powered solutions across cross-functional teams
Proven excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Azure certifications (e.g., Azure AI Engineer Associate, Azure Developer Associate)
Experience with prompt engineering and fine-tuning LLMs
Experience working in agile development environments
Knowledge of Agentic AI concepts & Implementation
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.