Principal Data Scientist - Chennai, India - UnitedHealth Group

UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealth Group
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Chennai, India

1 month ago

Deepika Kaur

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_Are you an Analytics professional looking for that next big plunge? Do you intend to work with datasets using cutting edge technology in a high-impact environment? Do you want to work alongside a highly talented team of engineers to solve real-world problems? Perfect, you are at the right place _
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Who we are
Optum Global Advantage (OGA) is a global health care IT and business process solutions leader.


Established in 2006, OGA is firmly positioned as a leading health care solutions provider with industry-leading growth, a mature services portfolio and the highest number of global resources dedicated to health care (40,000+ employees).

We have a strong global footprint and conti nue to expand our presence in new geographies by expanding capabilities and leveraging talent pools.

Through our delivery network, Optum has access to scalable, high quality talent and infrastructure across the globe.


What makes us stand apart

  • Impact on millions of people through constant innovation.
  • Ability to produce your life's best work through your passion and relentless commitment.
  • We are driven —to make the most of our collective resources, and to create better outcomes and healthier lives for those we serve because we believe there is always:

A Better Way to Care | **A Better Way to Think | A Better Way to Succeed

What will this role entail? We have it answered
We are looking for an accomplished Data Scientist with around 5-7+ years of hands-on experience in, development and deployment of projects related to **Advanced Machine Learning Techniques

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Serves as an expert, leader/ mentor
  • Actively collaborate with stakeholders (business teams, clinical & domain experts) for understanding business needs
  • Translate business needs to technical scope, spikes and builds rapid prototypes
  • Collaborate with stakeholders, define & identify various data needs to deliver the scope
  • Define and implement technical design reviews, drive quality first culture
  • Review the work of others
  • Oversee, as well as, participate todo
oData exploratory analysis. Assist cleansing, curation
oCreate visualizations, identify trends and patterns to drive business decisions
oModel development (Development, Evaluation, Verification, Validation) - Predictive, Prescriptive, digital twins

  • Collaborate, codefine MLOps
  • Drive the culture of continual improvement of model efficiency, accuracy etc
  • Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience.
  • Master Degree in data science or equivalent
  • 5+ years of handson experience in design, develop & continually improving model efficiency
  • Excellent handson experience of using Python and associated data science libraries Pandas, NumPy, Sklearn, Xgboost etc
  • Handson experience on Deep Learning, xNNs (preferred)
  • Excellent handson experience of working with databases (Redshift, Vertica, MongoDB)
  • Excellent handson experience of working with BI Tools (Tableau / PowerBI)
  • Good understanding and experience of MLOps
  • Proven ability to quickly learn new technologies and leverage them to execute on the use cases given to solve business problems

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make the health system work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do

your life's best work.
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**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.
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