This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Software Engineer - I based in India.

This is an opportunity to join a product engineering team focused on building scalable search infrastructure for large volumes of medical data.

You’ll work across data ingestion, indexing, ranking, retrieval, and high-performance backend APIs.

The role offers hands-on exposure to technologies including TypeScript, Python, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, Docker, and Kubernetes.

You’ll collaborate closely with product managers and data engineers to turn complex technical challenges into impactful product capabilities.

Performance, reliability, maintainability, and thoughtful system design will be central to your work.

You’ll also have opportunities to explore emerging AI and search technologies and contribute to an evolving technical platform.

This remote role is well suited to an early-career engineer who is curious, proactive, and eager to grow within a collaborative global environment.

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Accountabilities

- Develop and maintain search infrastructure that ingests and indexes large-scale medical datasets, including terabytes of information.
- Design and implement high-performance backend APIs optimized for low latency, reliability, scalability, and maintainability.
- Build and maintain end-to-end product features using Node.js and GraphQL where appropriate.
- Contribute to data ingestion, indexing, ranking, and retrieval capabilities that support core search experiences.
- Collaborate with product managers, data engineers, and other stakeholders to define technical direction and deliver valuable features.

- Take ownership of the search codebase by proactively debugging, troubleshooting,



and resolving issues affecting stability or performance.
- Produce clean, elegant, reusable, and well-tested code that can be easily understood and maintained by the wider engineering team.
- Identify and address performance bottlenecks while continuously improving system efficiency and scalability.

- Proactively identify technical risks and propose solutions early in the development lifecycle.
- Stay current with advances in AI and search technologies and identify opportunities to introduce relevant innovations into the platform.

Requirements

- 1–2 years of qualified software engineering experience, preferably with exposure to backend or search-oriented systems.
- Strong programming skills in TypeScript and Python, with an emphasis on reliability, scalability, clean architecture, and well-tested components.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Practical understanding of backend API development and scalable distributed systems.
- Familiarity with cloud-native development practices, preferably within AWS environments.

- Exposure to Elasticsearch, GraphQL, or large-scale search technologies is a strong advantage.
- Experience with Big Data technologies such as AWS EMR, PySpark, or Airflow is a plus.
- Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) or AI technologies is beneficial.

- Strong problem-solving, debugging, and analytical abilities, with a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks.




- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional and distributed teams.
- Curiosity, adaptability, ownership, and a genuine willingness to learn new technologies and contribute to strategic engineering initiatives.

Benefits

- Comprehensive health insurance options.
- Generous paid time off.
- Company-wide wellness holidays.
- Retirement plan options.
- Health and charitable donation stipends.
- Business Resource Groups supporting community, inclusion, and employee engagement.
- Versatile working hours.
- Fully remote work opportunities from India.
- The prospect to work with leading organizations in the biotech and life sciences sector.

- Exposure to an innovative, mission-driven environment focused on improving healthcare globally.

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