Associate Director (AI)

About Company :

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 / www.internetbrands.com

Education: B.E. Computer Science/IT degree (or any other engineering discipline)

Work Timings: 2 PM to 11 PM IST

Position Requirements :

• 10+ years in software engineering with deep technical fluency in the development, design and architecture of modern full-stack web applications. Strong foundation to support the full stack, including front-end, back-end, databases (relational and NoSQL), API design, microservices, caching, performance tuning, security best practices, and common software design patterns.
• 1+ years hands-on experience working with frontier LLMs and building AI agents.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and mentorship across an engineering department, with strong strategic thinking and problem-solving.
• Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar, with experience integrating model APIs and building AI-enabled features.
• Working knowledge of AI Agent architecture, AI Agent patterns, prompt engineering, context engineering and RAG.
• Familiarity with AI-enhanced developer workflows and Agentic AI IDEs (e.g. Cursor, Cline, Replit), for code generation, documentation assistants, or autonomous agents.
• A passion for continuous learning, experimentation, and bringing emerging AI concepts into production environments.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams through clear technical reasoning and vision.

Roles & Responsibilities :

Research & Experimentation:

Continuously evaluate emerging AI models (OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, Qwen, GLM), agent frameworks (Google ADK, LangGraph), and tools (Vector DBs, Agent Observability, Prompt Optimization, Agent Evaluations, Agent Memory) to identify practical opportunities for innovation.

Architecture & Implementation:

Design and implement scalable Agentic AI integrations within existing business processes and software, ensuring reliability, performance, and data privacy.

Prototyping & R&D:

Build proof-of-concepts and pilot features to validate new approaches — from prompt engineering and fine-tuning to multi-agent orchestration.

Technical Leadership:

Mentor engineers across the organization on AI utilization best practices, lead architecture reviews, and contribute to shared internal libraries and model-integration frameworks.

Industry Awareness & Advocacy:

Track and evaluate industry trends, tools, and research; represent the company's AI engineering direction through internal knowledge-sharing and occasional external engagement.

AI-Powered Development: Proven ability to effectively leverage AI tools (ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q) to accelerate coding, perform automated code reviews, generate documentation, and explore design alternatives.

AI Mentorship & Driving Adoption: Experience in mentoring engineering teams to integrate AI assistants into their daily development workflows to increase velocity and code quality.