API Technical Lead

A & T SYSTEMS INC•Baltimore, MD

About The Position

The API Technical Lead provides design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy, utilizing a variety of platforms to deliver automated systems applications to customers. This individual will be recognized internally and externally as a technical expert and a critical resource across multiple disciplines. Responsibilities include developing enterprise-level applications and custom integration solutions, providing expertise on application integration across the business, and determining specifications for complex software solutions. The role involves assisting with difficult support problems, developing programming standards and architectures, understanding current application development methodologies, researching emerging technologies, and acting as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent. Additional responsibilities focus on serving as the FHIR API Lead, designing and implementing FHIR-based solutions, developing Enterprise Integration Architecture guidelines with SOA principles, collaborating on data mapping, guiding teams on API integration, designing reusable components, ensuring compliance with integration standards, aligning solutions with enterprise architecture, analyzing integration strategies, supporting governance boards, promoting continuous improvement, and participating in CI/CD pipeline development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or a related field or equivalent work experience.
At least seven (7) years of IT and business/industry work experience.
2+ years of practical application of FHIR standards, including resources, profiles, and implementation guides.
2+ years of experience with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 and CCDA.
Experience with Object-Oriented programming, CI/CD principles, and version control tools (e.g., Git).
Experience with cloud-based application integration options, including AWS and enterprise service bus (e.g., Mulesoft).
Experience with SOAP/RESTful web services, JMS/EMS, and related integration technologies.
Familiarity with networking, API security best practices, and automation tools such as Jenkins.
At least three (3) years as a technical expert in an IT organization.
Coaches and mentors junior technical staff and contributes technical input to high-impact IT decisions.
Is accountable for the most complex enterprise-wide applications and integration efforts.
Translates highly complex integration concepts for peers and customers, including HL7/FHIR healthcare data exchanges.
Possesses in-depth knowledge of modern programming languages and object-oriented design, coding, testing, and debugging.
Has domain experience in healthcare systems and interoperability.
Demonstrates outstanding problem-solving, multitasking, and communication skills.
Has experience working in Agile and SDLC-based environments.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

Developing enterprise-level applications and custom integration solutions including major enhancements and interfaces, functions, and features.
Providing expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business.
Determining specifications, then planning, designing, and developing the most complex and business-critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes (either individually or in concert with a project team).
Assisting in the most difficult support problems.
Developing programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse.
Understanding and consistently applying the attributes and processes of current application development methodologies.
Researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and their possible application to the business.
Acting as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.
Serve as the FHIR API Lead, leveraging FHIR and HL7 standards to support CMS Interoperability Rule 0057-F and enable secure and efficient healthcare data exchange.
Design and implement FHIR-based solutions to expose clinical and claims data via standardized APIs using cloud platforms such as AWS.
Develop and maintain Enterprise Integration Architecture guidelines and policies, with emphasis on SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) principles.
Collaborate with developers to build mapping between source and target data formats, including database, flat files, X12, JSON, XML, HL7v2, and FHIR.
Guide teams on application web service and API integration with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
Design reusable components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support enterprise-level application integration and web services.
Ensure compliance with integration design standards, patterns, and best practices.
Work with architects and developers to align integration solutions with enterprise architecture.
Analyze, review, and recommend improvements to expand and mature enterprise application integration strategies.
Support governance board activities by reviewing application integration changes and architectural decisions.
Promote continuous improvement through evaluation of emerging technologies and interoperability standards.
Participate in CI/CD pipeline development and automation, using tools like Git and Jenkins.