Software Engineer
Optum · Hartford, CT · 1 wk ago
Information Technology$73k–$130k/yrFull-time
Primary Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions to solve complex business problems and improve operational efficiency
- Build and scale agentic systems that perform multi-step workflows using reasoning, tool integration, and context retrieval
- Develop and optimize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, including document ingestion, embeddings, and semantic search
- Integrate AI capabilities into enterprise systems via APIs, microservices, and backend services
- Establish and promote engineering standards and best practices for AI development, including code quality, reusability, and governance
- Partner with product, data, and engineering teams to identify high-value AI use cases and translate them into scalable solutions
- Implement prompt engineering, orchestration, and model interaction patterns to improve output quality and reliability
- Ensure AI solutions are production-ready with proper monitoring, logging, observability, and performance optimization
- Evaluate emerging AI tools, platforms, and frameworks to drive continuous innovation and improve development efficiency
- Mentor team members and support adoption of AI/GenAI technologies across engineering teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
- 2+ years of experience building and deploying AI/ML or generative AI solutions in production or enterprise environments
- 2+ years of experience in Python for building AI services, APIs, and backend systems
- 2+ years hands-on experience developing agentic workflows (multi-step reasoning, tool usage, orchestration, or automation flows)
- 2+ years of experience building RAG-based solutions, including embeddings, vector search, and retrieval pipelines
- 2+ years of experience in familiarity with LLM frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph, or similar)
- 2+ years of experience integrating AI solutions with APIs, databases, and enterprise systems
- 2+ years of experience with evaluation and debugging of AI systems, including improving accuracy, grounding, and reliability
- 2+ years of experience in problem-solving skills and ability to translate business requirements into technical AI solutions
Benefits
Our mission of helping people live healthier lives extends to our team members. Learn more about our range of benefits designed to help you live well.
- Life: Resources and support to focus on what matters most to you, in every facet of your life.
- Emotional: Education, tools and resources to help you reduce and manage stress, build resilience and more.
- Physical: Health plans and other coverage to support wellness for you and your loved ones.
- Financial: Benefits for today and to help you plan for the future, including your retirement.
We’re honored to be recognized for our exceptional work culture