Senior Systems Engineer (Angular-NodeJS-FullStack)
About The Position
Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Systems Engineer with expertise in Angular and NodeJS to join our team supporting the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. This is a full-time, remote position requiring a Public Trust security clearance. The role involves building, supporting, and migrating a cloud-based Web Dashboard application for processing healthcare Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions. You will design and build RESTful APIs, integrate with various platform services, and contribute to an Angular-based front-end dashboard. Collaboration with back-end engineers, writing clean and testable code, and active participation in code reviews are essential. The position also includes supporting deployment, monitoring, and performance of back-end services in production on AWS, and applying best software engineering practices within an Agile framework.
Requirements
- Experience with Java and/or NodeJS back-end integration work and Angular front-end User Interface (UI)
- An understanding of structured healthcare data
- Proven experience building back-end services that serve structured EDI or healthcare data to front-end application
- Hands-on Angular experience with the ability to integrate APIs and contribute to front-end components
- Strong back-end development experience in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript/NodeJS – API design, data transformation, error handling, and performance
- Experience with Angular or another Modern front-end framework
- Proven ability to build RESTful APIs that consume and transform structured data (XML, JSON)
- Working knowledge of Angular, including components, services, and API integration
- Hands-on Cloud (AWS/Azure) experience, including API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, or related services
- Proficiency with Git/GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows
- Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Jest, or equivalent)
- Strong communication skills and an ability to work with stakeholders and cross-functional engineers to define and refine API requirements
- Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA
- An ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team
- Strong attention to detail, especially around data accuracy and fidelity for healthcare records
- An ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
- U.S. Citizenship required for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Medical Claims
- X.12 medical claims (837, 834, 277, etc)
- Familiarity with web document submission processes
- Experience in a high paced DevOps environment
- Front-end development experience
- Familiarity with healthcare payer/Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations
- Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in API and web applications
- Familiarity with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG 2.1) for government-facing applications
- Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS)
- Familiarity with C#/.Net back-end services for cross-team integration touchpoints
- Experience working with remote U.S. based teams (Not Offshore teams)
Responsibilities
- Build, support, and migrate a cloud-based Web Dashboard application that processes healthcare Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions
- Design, build, and maintain Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces (RESTful APIs) in Java and/or NodeJS that retrieve, transform, and serve EDI healthcare records
- Integrate with internal platform APIs, EDI processing pipelines, and data services to deliver live and historical EDI transaction data reliably and performantly
- Support and contribute to an Angular-based dashboard front-end – consuming APIs, building or maintaining components, and ensuring data is surfaced accurately to business and clinical users
- Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services
- Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate actively in code review
- Perform unit and integration testing across back-end services and API layers
- Support deployment, monitoring, and performance of back-end services in production on AWS
- Apply and promote best software engineering practices within an Agile framework
- Use Git and GitHub for version control, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
