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Principal Data Scientist

Optum

Noida

14+ years

Today

$94.0K–98.8K/yr

Full time

Onsite

Skills Required

LLM

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Description

Optum is a global organization focused on improving health outcomes through technology. The Principal Data Scientist role involves designing and leading advanced AI solutions in healthcare and pharmacy benefit management.

Company: Optum

Role: Principal Data Scientist (SG29)

Experience

14+ years of overall experience in Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Analytics, or Machine Learning
7+ years of hands-on experience delivering production-grade AI/ML solutions in large enterprise

Qualification

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, or related discipline

Responsibilities





Lead architecture, design, and implementation of enterprise-scale AI solutions
Define technical vision, architecture standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices for AI-driven products and platforms
Serve as technical authority for AI solution design balancing business objectives with scalability, reliability, security, governance, and cost
Establish reference architectures, design patterns, reusable components, and deployment frameworks
Drive technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, and innovation initiatives
Design, build, and productionize Agentic AI systems with multi-step planning, reasoning, tool utilization, validation, and autonomous workflow execution
Develop enterprise Generative AI solutions leveraging approved foundation models
Build intelligent assistants and copilots for data exploration, pharmacy and healthcare operations, engineering productivity, knowledge management, workflow automation, clinical and busi

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