Principal Architect, AI-Native Applications

WebMD
Newark
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 7+ yearsSkills: ["Technical mentorship","Communication","Architecture fluency"]

Serve as the lead technical authority for WebMD Ignite’s AI-native application architecture. Define architectural patterns, standards, and reference implementations for backend microservices, APIs, streaming/event-driven systems, and data engineering pipelines. Build high-performance AI data platforms (vector/graph stores, caching, semantic retrieval) and establish guardrails for LLM integration, RAG, multi-model orchestration, and agentic workflows. Partner across engineering, product, data, and DevOps, while ensuring scalability, security, privacy, and HIPAA/PHI compliance.

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Principal Architect, AI-Native Applications

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Job Summary

Serve as the lead technical authority for WebMD Ignite’s AI-native application architecture. Define architectural patterns, standards, and reference implementations for backend microservices, APIs, streaming/event-driven systems, and data engineering pipelines. Build high-performance AI data platforms (vector/graph stores, caching, semantic retrieval) and establish guardrails for LLM integration, RAG, multi-model orchestration, and agentic workflows. Partner across engineering, product, data, and DevOps, while ensuring scalability, security, privacy, and HIPAA/PHI compliance.
Location: Newark
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own application architecture patterns, standards, and reference implementations that engineering teams build against.
  • •Architect complex backend systems, including microservices architectures, APIs, and streaming/event-driven protocols, plus data engineering pipelines.
  • •Design high-performance AI data platforms for vector stores, graph databases, distributed caching, and semantic retrieval over large corpora.
  • •Establish AI-native guardrails for LLM integration, RAG, multi-model orchestration, and agentic workflows.
  • •Conduct architecture reviews to ensure scalability, performance, security, interoperability, and cost, and provide technical mentorship to senior engineers.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 200,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceEapCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •7+ years of experience in software architecture, backend engineering, or data engineering with senior/principal-level technical leadership.
  • •Architect complex distributed backend systems using microservices, APIs, and event-driven or streaming patterns.
  • •Design and operate data platforms for high-volume, high-dimensional AI workloads (vector/graph databases, distributed caching, semantic retrieval).
  • •Build AI-native or AI-enabled applications, including LLM integration, retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, and agentic systems.
  • •Demonstrated understanding of cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP and healthcare data security/privacy/compliance (including HIPAA and PHI handling).
Experience:7+ yearsHealthcareRegulated dataAI-native applicationsBackend systemsData engineering
Skills:Technical mentorshipCommunicationArchitecture fluency
Tech Stack:MicroservicesAPIsStreamingEvent-drivenData engineeringVector databasesGraph databasesDistributed cachingRetrieval-augmented generationLLM integrationMulti-model orchestrationAgentic workflowsAWSAzureGCP

Company Brief

WebMD
Operates a leading online health information and health services platform offering medical news, symptom checkers, drug information, and physician directory services to consumers and healthcare professionals.
Industry: HealthTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Funding: Private Equity Backed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 1996
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