Sr. Software Engineer - Search

• This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer - Search based in India.
• The Sr. Software Engineer - Search will play a key role in building and scaling advanced search and knowledge graph platforms that power healthcare insights.
• This position focuses on designing reliable, high-performance systems that transform complex healthcare data into actionable information for users.
• The role offers the opportunity to influence architecture decisions, lead technical initiatives, and deliver impactful customer-facing solutions.
• You will work across engineering, product, and data teams to create scalable platforms that support millions of healthcare professional profiles and relationships.
• The ideal candidate will combine strong software engineering expertise with experience in distributed systems, data platforms, and search technologies.
• This opportunity is suited for an experienced engineer who thrives in ownership-driven environments and enjoys solving complex technical challenges.

Accountabilities

The Sr. Software Engineer - Search will own the design, development, and evolution of search and knowledge graph platforms while driving technical excellence, scalability, and reliability. The role requires hands-on engineering expertise, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to lead complex initiatives from concept through production.

• Own the complete lifecycle of platform features, including problem definition, schema modeling, development, deployment, version management, and future deprecation planning.
• Lead the evolution of search and knowledge graph platforms by improving architecture, reducing redundancy, optimizing payloads, and enhancing usability.
• Design and develop scalable search solutions that support customer-facing applications and large healthcare data ecosystems.
• Build and maintain data pipelines and transformation workflows that enable accurate, reliable, and up-to-date information delivery.
• Define and implement scalable integration patterns for internal and external data exchange.
• Drive improvements in system performance, reliability, observability, and scalability as platform complexity and data volumes grow.
• Troubleshoot complex application and data issues while establishing engineering best practices around testing, monitoring, and data quality.
• Ensure data security, integrity, and compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions and well-defined development plans.
• Create technical design documentation and contribute to architecture decisions across engineering teams.
• Mentor other engineers and help raise technical standards through knowledge sharing and best practices.
• Apply AI-first development practices and modern AI coding tools to improve engineering efficiency and software quality.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should have strong experience building distributed systems, search platforms, and data-driven applications. They should be comfortable leading technical initiatives while remaining hands-on with software development and problem-solving.

• Strong programming skills in Python or Node.js for building high-availability backend systems.
• Proven experience designing, developing, and operating data systems and pipelines at scale.
• Deep experience designing and evolving search platforms, including architecture, performance optimization, versioning, pagination, and lifecycle management.
• Experience with Elasticsearch and search platform development.
• Experience working with knowledge graph platforms or complex relationship-based data models is highly valuable.
• Familiarity with data orchestration tools such as Apache Airflow.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or similar infrastructure technologies.
• Strong knowledge of databases such as PostgreSQL and experience designing efficient data storage solutions.
• Experience with Git, Jira, and CI/CD platforms such as CircleCI.
• Ability to diagnose complex technical issues and drive effective solutions.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, system design, and scalable architecture.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and customer-facing teams.
• Experience with healthcare data, ETL workflows, or customer-facing data platforms is a plus.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance options.
• Generous paid time off and planned company-wide wellness holidays.
• Retirement benefits and financial wellness support.
• Health and charitable donation stipends.
• Access to impactful employee resource groups.
• Flexible working hours and the ability to work remotely.
• Opportunity to contribute to technology that improves healthcare outcomes globally.
• Exposure to innovative projects supporting leading organizations in biotechnology and life sciences.
• Collaborative environment focused on learning, growth, and meaningful impact.