Data Science Internship – PhD

Job title:

Data Science Internship – PhD

Company:

UnitedHealth Group

Job description

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.We are seeking a highly motivated PhD Intern to join our team and work on a cutting-edge research project that involves data science, machine learning, and natural language processing techniques. The intern will work closely with our research team to analyze clinical data including medical records using state-of-the-art techniques such as word embeddings, extractors, and large language models.Key Information on the Data Science PhD Internship Program:The intent of our PhD internship program is to provide an internship specifically aimed at individuals who are enrolled in a university PhD program requiring temporary placement with an industry partnerPrimary Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the research team to design and execute experiments to analyze clinical data using data science and machine learning techniques
• Develop and implement state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques including word embeddings, extractors, and large language models to analyze clinical data
• Work with the research team to evaluate the performance of the developed algorithms and models
• Document and present the results of the experiments to the research team and other stakeholders

Sponsorship is not available for this position.You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for potential future roles.Required Qualifications:

• Enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
• Experience in machine learning and natural language processing
• Experience with data analysis and visualization tools such as Python
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale data processing tools such as Hadoop, Spark, or Flink is a plus

Soft Skills:

• Effective communication style to both technical and non-technical audiences and ability to work in a team environment

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 the UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalised groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2023 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.#RPO

Expected salary

Location

Dublin

Job date

Sat, 29 Mar 2025 23:24:55 GMT

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