Software Engineer - I

Logoslabs; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement options

Wellness stipends

Flexible hours

Job summary

H1 is seeking a Software Engineer to join the Search Engineering team in San Francisco. You will help build and maintain the core search infrastructure, handling terabytes of medical data, with emphasis on fast indexing, ranking, and retrieval across scalable backend systems.

Responsibilities include ingesting data into Elasticsearch, designing high-performance APIs with Node.js and GraphQL, and collaborating with product managers and data engineers to drive impactful features while prioritizing

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of professional experience.
• Strong programming skills in TypeScript and Python with an emphasis on reliability and scale, and writing well-tested components.
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good to have: GraphQL, Elasticsearch, and Big Data technologies (e.g., AWS EMR, PySpark, Airflow) and LLMs.
• Familiarity with cloud native development practices in AWS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Ingest, index, and retrieve large-scale medical data in Elasticsearch.
• Design high-performance APIs that serve search use cases with low latency using Node.js and GraphQL.
• Build end-to-end features ensuring scalability and maintainability.
• Collaborate with product managers and data engineers to align on technical direction and deliver impactful features.
• Own the search codebase–debug, troubleshoot, and resolve issues quickly to ensure stability and performance.
• Write clean, maintainable code with thorough tests and clear documentation.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

GraphQL

Elasticsearch

PySpark

Airflow

AWS EMR

LLMs

Job description

At H1, we believe access to the best healthcare information is a basic human right. Our mission is to provide a platform that can optimally inform every doctor interaction globally. This promotes health equity and builds needed trust in healthcare systems. To accomplish this our teams harness the power of data and AI-technology to unlock groundbreaking medical insights and convert those insights into action that result in optimal patient outcomes and accelerates an equitable and inclusive drug development lifecycle. Visit h1.co to learn more about us.

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.

• 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 and Python with an emphasis on designing for reliability and scale, and writing well-tested components.
• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good to have: Big Data technologies (e.g., AWS EMR, PySpark, Airflow), GraphQL, Elasticsearch, and LLMs.
• Familiarity with cloud native development practices in AWS is a plus.

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