Senior .Net Developer

Description
WebMD (NASDAQ: WBMD) is the most recognized and trusted brand of health information and the leading provider of health information services, serving consumers, physicians, healthcare professionals, employers and health plans through our public and private online portals and WebMD the Magazine. The WebMD Health Network includes WebMD, Medscape, MedicineNet, eMedicine, RxList, theheart.org and Medscape Education. Our consumer portals and mobile health applications provide engaging, relevant and credible health and wellness information, personalized health assessment tools and access to online communities.

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

What’s In It For You


Besides a competitive compensation package, you’ll be working with a great group of technologists interested in always finding the right tool for the job in a culture that encourages innovation. If you’re ready to take on some new technical challenges at a well-respected company, we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Developing .Net applications, including ASP.NET Web applications and Windows Services
• Designing, developing and maintaining multiple Health information applications on the webmd.com portal
• Building Search Indexers on the WebMD Search (SPIDER) platform
• Provide technical leadership to your team
• Communicating with technical management and other departments; reporting of status and risks; and working effectively with internal and external partners.
• Working under minimal supervision; will be provided with assignments and objectives and given wide latitude for independent judgment

Qualifications

What You Need For This Position (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or a total of at least 9 years experience in development
• 5+ years of software development experience in .Net, 7+ years preferred
• Solid object oriented development, RDBMS concepts, data structures and algorithms
• Strong knowledge of software development, debugging and deployment tools
• Solid understanding of MS SQL Server or Oracle or a comparable RDBMS
• Experience in layered architecture
• Strong knowledge of well-known design patterns
• Creation of technical models and documentation
• Must be a team player (team oriented) and willing to follow directions, as well as take initiative
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

… and if you have the following, even better! (preferred qualifications):

• Experience working with EMC Documentum or other industry standard CMS
• Experience working with one or more Search Engines like Endecca, Solr or Lucene
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Ability to analyze business requirements, propose technical solutions
• Ability to work with multiple technologies and ability to quickly learn and use new technologies
• Very good understanding of XML/XSLT
• Experience with high-availability systems
• Ability to work with both .Net and Java a plus