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UnitedHealth Group

Runs health insurance, care and pharmacy services

Principal AI/ML Engineer

Backend EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • At least 14 years of software engineering experience.
  • At least 8 years developing enterprise Java applications.
  • At least 5 years in technical leadership or architecture roles.
  • Proven experience leading enterprise-scale modernization initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience driving adoption of AI-assisted development practices.
  • Expertise in Java 17/21, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, REST APIs, event-driven architecture, MongoDB, SQL Server or relational database management systems, Hibernate or Java Persistence API, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure Cloud, continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, and GitHub Enterprise.
  • Expertise in GitHub Copilot, AI coding agents, prompt engineering, agentic workflows, AI-assisted testing, specification-driven development, AI governance and guardrails, AI quality validation, and AI productivity measurement.
  • Expertise in domain-driven design, secure coding, performance engineering, observability, DevSecOps, and cloud-native design patterns.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and optimize enterprise-scale Java applications using Java 17/21, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and cloud-native architecture.
  • Lead technical design, architecture decisions, code reviews, and engineering best practices.
  • Develop scalable, secure, resilient, and maintainable software solutions.
  • Drive modernization initiatives, including framework upgrades, cloud adoption, API modernization, and technical debt reduction.
  • Mentor engineers and technical leads across multiple teams.
  • Champion AI-Driven Development Lifecycle practices across engineering teams.
  • Use AI tools, including GitHub Copilot, coding agents, AI testing tools, AI code review systems, and agentic workflows, to improve engineering productivity.
  • Define and implement AI-first engineering standards, guardrails, and governance frameworks.
  • Drive adoption of specification-driven development, AI-generated testing, AI-assisted design, and agentic delivery practices.
  • Establish metrics to measure AI adoption, productivity gains, quality improvements, and delivery acceleration.
  • Coach teams on effective human-in-the-loop engineering practices.
  • Monitor industry trends related to AI, Generative AI, Agentic AI, software engineering, cloud platforms, and developer productivity.
  • Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and engineering methodologies.
  • Build technology roadmaps and adoption strategies aligned with business objectives.
  • Conduct proofs of concept and pilot programs for new AI technologies.
  • Present recommendations and business cases to engineering and executive leadership.
  • Establish reusable AI assets, prompts, agents, skills, and engineering accelerators.
  • Lead the transformation of traditional Scrum teams into AI-enabled engineering pods.
  • Drive organizational change management for AI adoption.
  • Develop playbooks, standards, training programs, and implementation frameworks.
  • Partner with architects, product leaders, quality assurance, DevOps, and business stakeholders to institutionalize AI-native practices.

About the Company

UnitedHealth Group

Runs health insurance, care and pharmacy services

UnitedHealth Group runs health insurance and clinical care services for individuals, employers and government programs through UnitedHealthcare and Optum. UnitedHealthcare sells medical benefits for working people, retirees and people covered by public programs, including Medicare and Medicaid. Optum operates medical practices, manages prescription drug benefits and builds software that helps healthcare organizations handle clinical and administrative work. The group earns revenue from insurance premiums, care contracts, pharmacy products and service fees. UnitedHealth Group was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Eden Prairie, MN
Founded
1977

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