Biomedical Data Standards Engineer (Hybrid

I m supporting an opportunity with the for multiple Data Standards Programmer positions. These positions will support the modernization, development, and maintenance of biomedical terminology, clinical interoperability, and data standards platforms, including UMLS, RxNorm, VSAC, SNOMED CT, LOINC, and HL7 FHIR-based services.

Client: National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Data Standards Programmer Intermediate
• Data Standards Programmer
• Data Standards Programmer Principal

Location: Bethesda, MD

Work Arrangement: Hybrid onsite and remote

Clearance: Must be eligible to complete government background checks and obtain a Public Trust clearance

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and H-1B candidates may be considered

The Data Standards Programmer will develop, modernize, and maintain applications and automated data pipelines supporting biomedical terminology, clinical research data, healthcare interoperability, and data dissemination services.

The selected candidate will work with terminology platforms such as the Unified Medical Language System Metathesaurus, RxNorm, the Value Set Authority Center, SNOMED CT, LOINC, MeSH, and electronic clinical quality measures.

The work includes converting and validating healthcare terminology data, automating ETL processes, modernizing legacy applications, migrating workloads to AWS, developing HL7 FHIR-compliant services and APIs, and improving the quality, accessibility, interoperability, and reuse of biomedical datasets.

This is a hands-on development position requiring at least five years of relevant experience. The individual will assist with programming, terminology mapping, ETL automation, data validation, application modernization, and AWS migration activities.

This position requires at least five years of relevant experience and the ability to independently design, develop, and maintain biomedical data applications and pipelines. The individual may also provide technical guidance, support data governance initiatives, and mentor members of the development team.

This is a technical leadership and architecture position requiring at least ten years of relevant experience. The individual will define technical blueprints, lead modernization efforts, establish AWS and CI/CD standards, oversee code quality, and serve as a technical liaison to NLM and NIH stakeholders.

• Develop and maintain code that automates the processing of major medical terminologies, including UMLS, SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC, and MeSH.
• Program, map, transform, validate, and process medical vocabularies within the UMLS Metathesaurus and VSAC.
• Write Java, Python, Perl, or comparable scripts to convert and validate healthcare data against HL7, FHIR, and other federal or international interoperability standards.
• Design, build, and maintain automated application and ETL pipelines for biomedical terminology and clinical research data.
• Implement automated testing frameworks to detect errors, inconsistencies, duplicate content, and version conflicts in large terminology datasets.
• Support value-set authoring, curation, expansion, and enhancement activities for NIH and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services healthcare systems.
• Import new code-system data used to curate CMS C‑CDA value sets within VSAC.
• Support digital clinical quality measures and electronic clinical quality measures.
• Review and advise stakeholders regarding value‑set content issues and healthcare interoperability requirements.
• Update UMLS content and modernize UMLS Terminology Services using current technologies.
• Automate and maintain RxNorm source inversion and insertion processes.
• Develop APIs for retrieving value sets from VSAC repositories in formats conforming to HL7 FHIR specifications.
• Design and maintain RESTful APIs and FHIR servers supporting healthcare and biomedical terminology services.
• Develop enterprise‑wide data standards for NLM s Office of Computer and Communications Systems.
• Establish and maintain data governance…