Optum is looking to improve health outcomes by connecting people with care, pharmacy benefits, data, and resources, and this role will directly contribute to this goal by designing, developing, and maintaining AI agent-based automation for developer workflows.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in C-Sharp and .NET for backend services
- Experience with Azure or AWS or GCP and Terraform for cloud infrastructure provisioning
- Experience with Kubernetes and Docker; familiarity with containerized microservices, deployment manifests, and container orchestration
- Solid experience with relational databases, including SQL Server or PostgreSQL, plus Elasticsearch for search/indexing
- Experience with OpenAI or similar LLM APIs; hands-on prompt engineering, managing prompts, guardrails, and cost controls
- Experience with AI model training pipelines (data collection/labeling, fine-tuning/adaptation, evaluation) and integrating trained models into production workflows
- Knowledge of security best practices for cloud-native apps, secrets management, and data privacy
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain AI agent-based automation for developer workflows across the software development lifecycle
- Build backend services and agents in C-Sharp/.NET that can interpret developer tasks and autonomously perform actions
- Integrate AI agents with GitHub Apps and GitHub Actions to automate developer workflows
- Provision and manage infrastructure in Azure using Terraform; deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters (AKS) and containerized services with Docker
- Implement OpenAI-based capabilities, including prompt design, guardrails, cost controls, and monitoring
- Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using Elasticsearch
- Lead AI model training activities, including data collection/labeling, fine-tuning or adaptation, versioning, evaluation, and integration with OpenAI or Azure OpenAI services
Other
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 5+ years of professional software development experience
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills
- Adherence to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy for remote work
