Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about another gadget, it's about making health care data available wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's no room for error. Join us and start doing your life's best work.(sm)
Our growing Academic Partnerships team is looking for customer-focused data scientist to collaborate with researchers, scientists and stakeholders on machine learning based innovations. This role is dedicated to creating innovations, actionable machine learning solutions, and analytics designed to fuel UHG growth, solve challenges in unique ways and to support our commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion. In this role, innovations are not about another gadget or app, they are about helping millions of people have healthier lives. This the opportunity to use your technical expertise to make transformations in health care and health care technology.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Data profiling and mapping
- Deep data analysis and research of healthcare data and other data sets including description, exploratory, correlation, inferential
- Aggregate and transform raw data coming from a variety of data sources to fulfil the functional & non-functional business needs
- Quality Assurance, ensuring strict data quality
- Use appropriate data engineering techniques for sampling, data preparation, analytic and statistical methodology
- Self-drive knowledge accumulation of methods and modeling advances by reading research publications, blogs and attending presentations and webinars
- Support needs around data analytics, predictive modeling, and business intelligence
- Communicate findings, verbally and visually, to business partners and clients
This is a full-time role that:
- Is dedicated to rapidly generating value from data projects
- Collaborates with academic research partners
- Works closely with a highly skilled, multidisciplinary team of data scientists and engineers
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:
- Undergraduate degree or 2+ years of experience in lieu of a degree
- 2+ years of progressive hands-on data engineering experience
- 2+ years of combined experience with ETL and/or Database technologies
- 2+ years of experience with Public Cloud such as Azure (Preferred)
- Proficiency in SQL and complex queries
- Experience working in Agile environment
- Experience with production operational support
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in consuming data from platforms such as Web APIs, Kafka, and public sites
- Experienced in consuming data from flat files from other Cloud environment
- Experience working with teams that leveraged the following: continuous integration / continuous delivery tools, serverless architecture, containerization, public / private cloud, data pipelines, multi-source extraction
- Solid understanding of software engineering and processes: design patterns, algorithms, data structures, schemas and queries, system design, unit testing, code reviews, agile, and dev-ops
- Solid understanding of data science techniques including machine learning and deep learning
- Experience with CI/CD with Jenkins pipelines or similar, particularly with regards to data infrastructure
- Healthcare domain background
To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment
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*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $66,100 to $118,300. The salary range for Connecticut/Nevada residents is $72,800 to $129,900. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug – free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
