Optum is looking to advance health equity on a global scale by delivering care aided by technology, and the Chief AI Architect for OptumRx will lead the design and implementation of AgenticAI to shape the company's AI/ML strategy.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with Java and/or Python
- 5+ years of knowledge in generative AI models, AgenticAI systems for autonomous decision-making, and traditional AI/ML techniques like supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning
- 3+ years of design and implementation of advanced AI/ML strategies
- 3+ years of Cloud-Native AI deployment
- 2+ years of experience with frameworks such as Langgraph, Autogen, CrewAI, OpenAI APIs, and Scikit-learn
- 1+ years of experience developing applications powered by generative AI (e.g., conversational AI, content creation, personalization) and AgenticAI systems for adaptive and goal-oriented decision-making
Responsibilities
- Involved across many aspects of architecture, design, build, engineering and implementation of technical solutions and capabilities providing technical leadership
- Communicate overall architecture vision, technical strategies, and trade-offs across various levels in the organization to gain buy-in
- Provide recommendations and technical guidance to improve performance, reliability, and reusability within the constraints of budget, resource and business dependencies
- Engage 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
- Leads business solutions, capabilities, and is a solid influencer that engages with client executives and stakeholders
- Provides leadership to and is accountable for the performance and results through multiple layers of management and senior level professional staff
Other
- Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field (not explicitly mentioned but implied)
- Travel requirements not mentioned
- Must pass a drug test before beginning employment
- Must comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable
- Eligibility requirements for benefits such as comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution
