Software Engineer (Python)

About WebMD: WebMD Health Corp., an Internet Brands Company, is the leading provider of health information services, serving patients, physicians, health care professionals, employers, and health plans through our public and private online portals, mobile platforms, and health-focused publications. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD Health, Medscape, Jobson Healthcare Information, prIME Oncology, MediQuality, Frontline, QxMD, Vitals Consumer Services, MedicineNet, eMedicineHealth, RxList, OnHealth, Medscape Education, and other owned WebMD sites. WebMD, Medscape, CME Circle, Medpulse, eMedicine, MedicineNet, theheart.org, and RxList are among the trademarks of WebMD Health Corp. or its subsidiaries. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status For Company details, visit our website: www.webmd.com Education: B.E. Computer Science/IT degree (or any other engineering discipline) Experience: 2+ years Work timings: 2 PM to 11 PM IST Position requirements: - Solid understanding of software engineering concepts, including programming methodologies and the software development lifecycle - 2+ years of experience writing SQL queries to analyze and report on data - 2+ years of experience writing Python code - Experience with additional scripting languages is preferred - Experience with CI/CD pipelines including the use of git and Jenkins - Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-based services from providers such as Amazon Web Services - Experience with TDD, automated testing, or writing tests to prove your code does what it's supposed to - Understanding of enterprise scalability needs - Ability to set priorities and manage time effectively to complete tasks and meet deadlines

Role & Responsibilities: - Develop and maintain software to support a streaming data platform that powers an industry-leading healthcare CRM product

- Contribute towards software projects that use programming languages including Python,
Scala, NodeJS, and SQL - Work with a variety of data stores including traditional relational databases, NoSQL databases, and real-time messaging queue systems like Kafka - Use SQL to analyze healthcare and marketing data sets - Refactor and optimize our existing code base to improve efficiency and performance

- Respond to ad-hoc questions and assist our technical support team as necessary
- Ensure that our data pipelines are performant and scalable - Ensure that our consumption layers and platform APIs meet the needs of end users - Work collaboratively within a small team to design and implement creative solutions to our business needs - Plan, refine, perform, and review work according to agile software development methodologies