Senior Data Scientist

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist Company: Optum Job Category: Data Science Roles & Responsibilities: Primary Responsibilities: * Build and maintain production ML/LLM inference pipelines * Deploy and manage ML workloads on Kubernetes, EKS, and AKS * Build scalable inference services using vLLM and REST APIs * Design event\-driven and asynchronous architectures using queues and messaging services * Develop CI/CD pipelines for ML models and inference services * Manage model versioning, deployment, promotion, rollback, and release workflows * Optimize inference for GPU utilization, latency, throughput, reliability, and cost * Review peer code, architecture, and technical designs and drive engineering best practices * Work closely with Data Scientists, Platform/Cloud teams, and leadership on architecture and delivery decisions * Comply with all applicable Company policies, procedures, and business directives, changes including those relating to work location, team assignments, work schedules, and flexible work arrangements Work Location: Hyderābād, India Availability: Full time

Required Qualifications: 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. Key Skills: Python Salary: INR 200000 - 1e+06 per yearly