Data Scientist

1 day ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Optum Full time
Overview

Optum Rx is looking for an experienced, curious, and self-motivated individual to lead a team that will be responsible for the development of new products and services for the organization. You will partner with business stakeholders, data science teams and technology teams, build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, acquire knowledge of the business, and drive a strategic platform build. You will join a team of product managers, product owners, data scientists, and analysts who are responsible for building the pricing platform for over $100 billion of prescription drug spend in the US market annually. The team delivers value for clients and supports people filling millions of prescriptions each year. This role is part of Optum, expanding in Ireland to provide investment, support, and resources to advance your career.

Our team culture is built on trust, giving space to deliver results and an environment where team members can have fun while working toward common goals.

Primary Responsibilities
  • Strong focus on NLP, RAG and Document Analysis
  • Optimize models for performance, scalability and efficiency
  • Ability to take research whitepapers to production; provide solid technical leadership to drive the Document Analysis team (data scientists and AI engineers)
  • Drive excellence and standardization across the data science team with a focus on skills development, training and career progression
  • Provide strategic and technical direction aligned to analytic efforts around AI/ML
  • Stay current on internal and external technological advances in AI and advanced analytics applicable to document processing
  • Drive inclusion and diversity as part of developing a strong, diverse team culture
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelors degree (or higher) in Data Science or relevant subject, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in AI/ML model integration into production environments
  • Experience with text preprocessing, embeddings (Word2Vec, BERT), and feature engineering
  • Proficient in Python and data science libraries (scikit-learn, NLTK)
  • Ability to evaluate and fine-tune NLP models and OCR
Preferable Qualifications
  • Understanding of statistical modelling and evaluation metrics for NLP
  • Postgraduate or MSc in Data Science

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace.

Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland


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