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WebMD is the most recognized and trusted brand of health information and the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and WebMD the Magazine. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, RxList, theheart.org and Medscape Education. Our consumer portals and mobile health applications provide engaging, relevant and credible health and wellness information, personalized health assessment tools and access to online communities.

WebMD is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ancestry, color, religion, sex, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, medical condition, disability, veterans status, or any other basis protected by law. Are you passionate about leveraging cutting-edge search technology to improve patient lives directly?

Join our mission-driven team to deliver life-saving educational materials that empower patients before and after clinical visits. As a Sr. Search Engineer, you'll shape the future of healthcare by architecting intelligent search solutions that ensure the correct information reaches the right people at the right time. You'll help lead our search strategy across all products while collaborating with a dynamic, diverse team of engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists who share your commitment to innovation and excellence.

What You'll Do:

• Define Search Strategy: Lead and define the search strategy across all our products
• Pioneer Advanced Search Technologies: Architect and implement cutting-edge search capabilities using semantic search with Vector DB and LLM integration through Elasticsearch 8 Platinum, setting new standards for information retrieval in healthcare
• Innovate and Build: Develop and enhance search applications and features that directly improve patient experiences and outcomes, focusing on relevance, speed, and accuracy
• Drive Strategic Decision-Making: Lead strategic decisions that set the future direction for our search capabilities, aligning technical implementation with business objectives and stakeholder needs
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product, design, content, and data science teams to brainstorm ideas, prototype solutions, and refine search features
• Champion Best Practices: Propose emerging search technologies and guide the team in balancing maintainability, performance, and functionality in search implementations
• Lead and Mentor: Share your knowledge and passion with peers, helping them grow and adopt efficient, scalable search engineering practices

Required Experience:

• Extensive experience with Elasticsearch (Platinum/Enterprise tier features preferred)
• Vector database implementation for semantic search
• LLM integration with search systems
• Search relevancy tuning and optimization
• SQL and database query optimization
• Experience in leading the overall search strategy at an organization
• RESTful web services
• Git and collaborative development workflows
• Unit testing

Nice to have:

• SOLR experience
• C# and .NET Framework/.NET Core
• Experience as a Software Engineer in the healthcare industry
• Experience with HIPAA compliance and handling ePHI data
• Cloud technologies (AWS/Azure)
• Knowledge of various architectural approaches, such as microservices
• Docker / Containerization
• GitLab

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B. S.) in Computer-related subject area or related business field and eight (8) or more years' experience in information technology and solution delivery, or an equivalent combination of education and experience in similar fields, is required, with experience working with a SaaS-based solution delivery organization (preferred).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet, Wellness and Fitness Services, and Technology, Information and Media

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