Role Summary: A Senior Data Scientist (Grade 28) with a "Full Stack" skillset for EAR projects. This role is a primary hands-on contributor for building and deploying robust data pipelines, semantic layers, machine learning models, and LLM applications. It emphasizes practical engineering of AI solutions: rigorous model development, evaluation of modeling approaches, and implementing MLOps pipelines to ensure models are effectively integrated and maintained in production.
You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.
Primary Responsibilities:- Build and support the Advocate Performance Data Platform that powers AmplifAI coaching, performance management, and workforce optimization capabilities
- Develop scalable data pipelines, semantic models, and governed advocate performance metrics using Databricks, Snowflake, and enterprise data architecture
- Integrate operational, quality, coaching, and learning data to create trusted, AI-ready data products and performance insights
- Establish certified metric definitions, lineage, governance, and data quality controls to ensure consistent reporting and enterprise adoption
- Enable near real-time delivery of advocate, supervisor, and coaching metrics that drive personalized coaching, commitment management, and performance improvement
- Accelerate Consumer Operations transformation by providing a scalable, enterprise-ready foundation for AI-driven coaching, analytics, and workforce performance optimization while reducing duplicate development and reporting efforts
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:- Solid Data Science Background: 5+ years of experience in data science, machine learning, data engineering, or related roles. Solid foundation in statistical modeling and machine learning techniques. Hands-on experience developing models and data pipelines for real-world problems and improving them based on feedback and data
- Programming & Data Skills: Proficiency in Python and PySpark for building ML models and automating tasks. Solid SQL skills for data extraction and manipulation
- Production ML Experience: Demonstrated experience deploying and maintaining ML models and data pipelines in a production environment. Comfort with the end-to-end MLOps lifecycle: using source control, CI/CD pipelines, and orchestration to automate model deployment. Should understand concepts like model versioning, reproducibility, and monitoring in production
- Problem-Solving & Autonomy: Ability to work independently on complex technical problems. Solid troubleshooting skills to debug issues whether they stem from data quality, model behavior, or pipeline failures. A mindset geared towards automation and efficiency, always looking for ways to streamline repetitive tasks
Preferred Qualifications:- MLOps Tooling: Experience with specific MLOps and cloud tools (e.g., Databricks MLflow for experiment tracking and model registry, GitHub Actions for CI). Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code for deploying ML infrastructure
- Databricks & Spark: Familiarity with the Databricks Lakehouse platform and Spark. For example, knowing how to implement ML pipelines on Databricks, use Delta Lake for data versioning, and optimize Spark jobs for feature processing. Experience with Metric Views
- Real-Time Systems: Exposure to real-time or streaming data analysis. Experience deploying models that consume streaming data (e.g., streaming analytics or real-time dashboards) or working with technologies like Kafka or Spark Declarative Pipelines for live data feeds
- Leadership & Collaboration: Experience in mentoring junior data scientists or leading technical workstreams will be beneficial. The ability to document work clearly and impart knowledge to others helps the overall team
*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy
Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $91,700 - $163,700 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
