Product Engineer - Backend Systems (Search)
Creating a healthier future. At H1 we are creating a healthier future by delivering a platform that connects stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem for greater collaboration and discovery.
As a Software Engineer on the search Engineering team you will support and develop the search infrastructure of the company. This involves working with TB’s of data, indexing, ranking and retrieval of medical data to support the search in backend infra.
WHAT YOU'LL DO AT H1
The Search Engineering team is responsible for developing and maintaining the company's core search infrastructure. Our objective is to enable fast, accurate, and scalable search across terabytes of medical data. This involves building systems for efficient data ingestion, indexing, ranking, and retrieval that power key product features and user experiences.
As a Software Engineer on the Search Engineering team, your day typically includes:- Working with our search infrastructure – writing and maintaining code that ingests large-scale data in Elasticsearch.- Designing and implementing high-performance APIs that serve search use cases with low latency.- Building and maintaining end-to-end features using Node.js and GraphQL, ensuring scalability and maintainability.- Collaborating with cross-functional teams – including product managers and data engineers to align on technical direction and deliver impactful features to our users.- Take ownership of the search codebase–proactively debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues quickly to ensure stability and performance.- Consistently produce simple, elegant designs and write high-quality, maintainable code that can be easily understood and reused by teammates.- Demonstrate a strong focus on performance optimization, ensuring systems are fast, efficient, and scalable.- Communicate effectively and collaborate across teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.- Stay up to date with the latest advancements in AI and search technologies, identifying opportunities to integrate cutting-edge capabilities into our platforms.
ABOUT YOU
You bring strong hands-on technical skills and experience in building robust backend APIs. You thrive on solving complex challenges with innovative, scalable solutions and take pride in maintaining high code quality through thorough testing.You are able to align your work with broader organizational goals and actively contribute to strategic initiatives. You proactively identify risks and propose solutions early in the project lifecycle to avoid downstream issues.You are curious, eager to learn, and excited to grow in a collaborative, high-performing engineering team environment.
REQUIREMENTS
- 1–2 years of professional experience.- Strong programming skills in TypeScript, Node.js, and Python (Mandatory)- Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes- Good to have: Big Data technologies (e.g., Scala, Hadoop, PySpark), Golang, GraphQL, Elasticsearch, and LLMs
Not meeting all the requirements but still feel like you’d be a great fit? Tell us how you can contribute to our team in a cover letter! H1 OFFERS- Full suite of health insurance options, in addition to generous paid time off- Pre-planned company-wide wellness holidays- Retirement options- Health & charitable donation stipends- Impactful Business Resource Groups- Flexible work hours & the opportunity to work from anywhere- The opportunity to work with leading biotech and life sciences companies in an innovative industry with a mission to improve healthcare around the globe
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Creating a healthier future.
At H1 we are creating a healthier future by delivering a platform that connects stakeholders across the healthcare ecosystem for greater collaboration and discovery.
H1 is the first company to arm healthcare and life science companies with on-demand, live insights from across the data universe to accelerate the discovery and development of therapies to fight diseases. The company provides real-time data to support the end-to-end therapeutic development process from fundraising to product development to product launch, helping companies make smarter scientific decisions.
Working with medical affairs and strategy teams who span all phases of the development lifecycle, H1 provides the complete picture of institutions, experts, scholarly content, markets, competitors and new opportunities through research grounded in actual data and clinical findings.
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H1 Insights
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2017
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