Remote Software Engineer - Integration Developer

Sigma Systems Inc. • Pittsburgh, PA

22h • Remote

About The Position

Sigma Systems Inc. is recruiting an experienced Smile CDR Integration Developer for a client. This hands-on development role focuses on designing, developing, and supporting enterprise healthcare interoperability solutions for secure and efficient data exchange among healthcare payers, providers, and regulatory platforms. The developer will work with Smile CDR, Apache Camel, HL7 FHIR APIs, Python, PySpark, Java, and JavaScript to support healthcare data integration, API development, ETL pipelines, and interoperability initiatives aligned with CMS and BCBSA requirements.

The role involves developing and maintaining integrations, APIs, healthcare data transformations, and data pipelines, as well as testing, deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support. The position is 100% remote, contract-only, and has a three-month duration. U.S. citizenship is mandatory, and candidates must complete the required Glider assessment test.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of software development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python and PySpark.
• Experience developing applications and integrations using Java and JavaScript.
• Strong understanding of REST API development and integration.
• Experience working with JSON and XML data formats.
• Strong SQL and database fundamentals.
• Experience developing and consuming APIs across enterprise systems.
• Strong understanding of distributed integration architectures and integration services.
• Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines and data engineering solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot integration failures, data processing issues, and API errors.
• Experience designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable integration solutions.
• Experience with healthcare interoperability standards and healthcare data exchange.
• Understanding of HL7 and FHIR-based integration concepts.
• Ability to develop and support integrations involving healthcare systems and data platforms.
• U.S. citizenship is mandatory.
• Candidates must complete the required Glider assessment test.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on Smile CDR development and integration experience.
• Strong knowledge of HL7 FHIR R4 standards.
• Experience supporting CMS interoperability mandates and regulatory initiatives.
• Experience with Prior Authorization, Provider Access, Patient Access, or Payer-to-Payer interoperability.
• Experience working with healthcare payer systems and healthcare data.
• Familiarity with Databricks and the Hadoop ecosystem.
• Experience with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Experience supporting production healthcare integration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support Smile CDR integrations and FHIR-based healthcare interoperability solutions.
• Build and maintain integration components that enable data exchange across healthcare payer, provider, and regulatory systems.
• Develop and maintain JavaScript-based Smile CDR modules and automation components.
• Implement healthcare data mappings, transformations, and validation logic; ensure integrations are scalable, reliable, secure, and maintainable.
• Design and develop Apache Camel routes and integration services.
• Build and support API integrations between internal applications and external healthcare platforms; develop, consume, and maintain RESTful APIs.
• Work with JSON and XML payloads to exchange and transform healthcare data.
• Troubleshoot API failures, integration errors, and data exchange issues, applying best practices for distributed integration architectures and API reliability.
• Develop HL7 FHIR solutions for healthcare data exchange and support FHIR integrations for Patient Access, Provider Access, Prior Authorization, and Payer-to-Payer use cases.
• Contribute to CMS and BCBSA interoperability initiatives and collaborate with technical teams on healthcare integration standards.
• Develop and maintain Python and PySpark data ingestion and transformation pipelines and scalable ETL/ELT workflows.
• Perform data mapping, transformation, validation, and quality checks; use SQL and databases to support data integration and processing.
• Support distributed data processing and large-scale integration workflows, troubleshoot pipeline failures, and optimize performance.
• Translate business and technical requirements into scalable integration solutions using Python, Java, JavaScript, and related technologies.
• Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
• Support unit testing, integration testing, deployment, monitoring, and production troubleshooting.
• Develop technical documentation, data mappings, and integration specifications; collaborate with architects, engineers, product owners, and business stakeholders.
• Support deployment and release activities, follow version control, code quality, testing, and release management practices, and participate in GitLab CI/CD and automated deployment processes.
• Investigate production issues, perform root cause analysis, maintain documentation, and follow established development and operational standards.

Benefits

• Opportunity to contribute to enterprise healthcare interoperability initiatives.
• Work remotely on healthcare integration and data exchange solutions.
• Collaborate with experienced software engineers, architects, and healthcare IT professionals.
• Gain exposure to modern integration technologies and regulatory-driven healthcare projects.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed