Senior AI-Native Architect: Scalable Backends & Data

WebMD; Newark (NJ); Vor Ort; USD 150.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health Insurance (medical, dental, and

Vision coverage

Paid Time Off

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer

Life and Disability Insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Commuter/Transit Benefits

Zusammenfassung

WebMD Ignite, a division of WebMD and Internet Brands, is seeking a Principal Architect, AI-Native Applications to lead architecture across AI-native backends, LLM integration, and data pipelines. This senior role pairs hands-on coding with architecture leadership to drive scalable, secure solutions.

You will define patterns, guardrails, and reference implementations for cloud and on-prem environments, mentor engineers, and ensure HIPAA and PHI compliance while partnering with product and DevOps

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years in software architecture, backend engineering, or data engineering with senior leadership.
• Experience designing complex distributed backends with microservices, APIs, and event-driven or streaming patterns.
• Hands-on data platforms for AI workloads, including vector stores and semantic retrieval.
• Experience building AI-native or AI-enabled applications with LLM integration, RAG, and orchestration frameworks.
• Strong cloud experience across AWS/Azure/GCP and hybrid (cloud + on‑prem) environments.
• Hands-on coding while providing architecture leadership and mentoring senior engineers.
• Knowledge of healthcare data security, privacy, and HIPAA/PHI handling.

Aufgaben

• Define and own application architecture patterns, standards, and reference implementations across the org.
• Architect complex backend systems including microservices, APIs, and data pipelines.
• Design high-performance data platforms for AI workloads and semantic retrieval over large corpora.
• Establish guardrails for AI-native apps, LLM integration, and multi-model orchestration.
• Conduct architecture reviews ensuring scalability, security, interoperability, and cost.
• Set standards for AI-ready APIs and data services, enabling rapid prototyping and production rollout.
• Partner with engineering, product, data, and DevOps leaders to align tech direction with business outcomes.
• Ensure architectures meet HIPAA and PHI privacy and security requirements across cloud and on-premises.

Kenntnisse

Architectural leadership

Backend architecture

AI integration

Cloud platforms

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Jobbeschreibung

WebMD Ignite, a division of WebMD and Internet Brands, is seeking a Principal Architect, AI-Native Applications to lead architecture across AI-native backends, LLM integration, and data pipelines. This senior role pairs hands-on coding with architecture leadership to drive scalable, secure solutions.

You will define patterns, guardrails, and reference implementations for cloud and on-prem environments, mentor engineers, and ensure HIPAA and PHI compliance while partnering with product and DevOps