Senior Software Developer (EDI)

Syms Strategic Group, LLC (SSG)•Lansing, MI

15h•$85,389 - $116,975•Remote

About The Position

Syms Strategic Group is hiring a Senior Software Developer (EDI) to support the Department of Veterans Affairs. This is a full-time, 100% U.S.-based remote position. The role owns functional EDI workflows, partner requirements, and data validation rules to ensure accurate transaction processing and support business operations. The developer interprets and troubleshoots healthcare transaction sets, analyzes compliance and partner-specific rules, documents mapping and logical requirements, and partners with stakeholders to resolve issues and assess operational impacts. The position collaborates with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, business teams, and integration specialists. It supports audit and compliance reviews, data quality, secure data flows, transaction reconciliation, and investigation of issues related to middleware, APIs, mappings, routes, profiles, and rulesets. The role also communicates architecture decisions and trade-offs to nontechnical stakeholders, translates business reporting needs into technical data models, and maintains operational documentation. The role requires U.S. citizenship and must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI). The salary range is $85,389–$116,975. Candidates from California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, or Washington will not be considered. This is a W-2 position.

Requirements

At least 8 years of Edifecs product experience in EDI, healthcare, or enterprise application operations.
At least 8 years of EDI/HIPAA experience.
Strong understanding of payer/provider workflows.
Ability to interpret EDI loops, segments, and element-level errors.
Familiarity with Edifecs Transaction Management or equivalent tools.
Strong experience in AWS cloud environments.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Strong understanding of EDI X.12 loop, segment, and element interpretation; SNIP validations (Levels 1–7); companion guide interpretation; and segment- or element-level error analysis.
Experience interpreting Edifecs XEngine validation results and understanding processing rules and transaction profiles.
Experience working with SpecBuilder maps and implementation guides.
Ability to identify issues sourced from Edifecs routes, profiles, or rulesets.
Ability to interpret Edifecs logs and error codes at the functional layer, not platform administrator level.
Ability to understand inbound and outbound workflow architecture.
Experience with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and JIRA.
Strong documentation habits.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
U.S. citizenship required.
Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Nice To Haves

Professional Edifecs certification.
Deep hands-on Edifecs experience with X.12 medical claims transactions, including 837, 834, 835, and 276/277; 270/271 and 278 transactions; 820 transactions; and 999/277CA transactions.
Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in cloud data architecture.
Experience with healthcare payer/PBM systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
AWS certification.

Responsibilities

Own functional EDI workflows, partner requirements, and data validation rules.
Ensure accurate transaction processing and support business operations.
Interpret and troubleshoot transaction sets including 270/271, 276/277, 278, 820, 834, 835, 837, and 999/277CA.
Analyze SNIP compliance, companion guides, and partner-specific validation rules.
Document mapping and logical requirements for new partners and integration changes.
Partner with business stakeholders to resolve issues and assess operational impacts.
Support audit and compliance reviews and maintain data quality guardrails.
Collaborate with EDI Analysts, DevSecOps Engineers, Cloud teams, and business teams.
Work with integration specialists on AS2, SFTP, and HTTPS flows.
Validate data sent to and received from non-X.12 partners.
Identify issues introduced by middleware layers or APIs.
Query SQL for transaction details and validate payloads, timestamps, statuses, and error flags.
Reconcile mismatches between raw EDI and stored data.
Identify root causes of transaction errors, resolve mapping mismatches, troubleshoot rejections from payers or state systems, and review parsed EDI structures stored in SQL databases.
Communicate technical architecture decisions and trade-offs to nontechnical stakeholders.
Gather and translate business reporting requirements into technical data models.
Drive ambiguous architecture decisions to resolution with limited direction.
Create transaction flow documentation and error trend reports, manage escalations, and update SOPs and partner reference guides.