Associate AI Software Engineer

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About Medscape

At Medscape, a division of WebMD, our mission is to improve patient care by empowering healthcare professionals with trusted clinical knowledge, tools, and learning experiences. We are transforming Medscape into a daily-use, AI-powered clinical companion, helping clinicians stay up to date, make better decisions, and continuously build their expertise. Across web and mobile, we deliver evidence-based content, point-of-care tools, and interactive learning—now enhanced by AI to provide more contextual, personalized, and adaptive experiences, while maintaining the highest standards of clinical rigor and trust.

Role Overview

We are seeking an AI Automation Analyst to join our team and drive the adoption of AI-powered automation across Medscape Education. This centralized role is a hybrid between an analyst and an engineer, focusing on prototyping, tool implementation, and process optimization. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in using AI to solve business challenges and a strong ability to understand and translate business needs into technical solutions. This individual will be responsible for assisting with project requirement documents and supporting tasks that existing teams have struggled to staff, such as the development of a conference planning tool.

Key Responsibilities

  • Prototyping and Tooling:

  • Analysis and Requirements:

  • Implementation and Support:

Ideal Candidate Profile

  • Experience: Up to 3 years of experience in a technical or analyst role, with a focus on prototyping, process automation, or tool implementation.

  • Technical Skills:

  • Hybrid Abilities:

  • Collaboration:

Salary range: $50,000 - $75,000

Benefits:

Employees in this position are eligible to participate in the company sponsored benefit programs, including the following within the first 12 months of employment:

  • Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision coverage)

  • Paid Time Off (including vacation, sick leave, and flexible holiday days)

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching

  • Life and Disability Insurance

  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

  • Commuter and/or Transit Benefits (if applicable)

Eligibility for specific benefits may vary based on job classification, schedule (e.g., full-time vs. part-time), work location and length of employment.

Summary

Drive AI-powered automation across Medscape Education by prototyping tools with open-source LLMs and GenAI and implementing no-code/low-code platforms. Translate business needs into technical specifications, streamline Content and Operations workflows, and train teams. Requires up to 3 years in a technical or analyst role with Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

Create prototypes and utility tools using open-source LLMs/GenAI; Evaluate, implement, and support no-code/low-code AI platforms; Translate business needs into technical specifications and user stories; Support AI-first workflows and train internal teams; Develop documentation for prototypes and processes

Qualifications

Hands-on experience with AI/ML concepts including GenAI, LLMs, and RAG architectures; Proficiency in prompt engineering and context engineering; Experience with no-code/low-code automation tools and scripting/programming languages for prototypes; Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Experience requirements

Up to 3 years of experience in a technical or analyst role, with a focus on prototyping, process automation, or tool implementation

Benefits

Health Insurance (medical, dental, and vision coverage); Paid Time Off (including vacation, sick leave, and flexible holiday days); 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching; Life and Disability Insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP); Commuter and/or Transit Benefits