Remote Senior Full Stack Developer - Healthcare EDI APIs

Job Title: Senior Full Stack Developer

Location: Remote

Department: Veterans Affairs (VA)

Type: Full Time

Minimum Experience: Experienced

Security Clearance Level: Public Trust

Salary Range: $85,389 - $116,975

Military Veterans are highly encouraged to apply.

• Build, support, and migrate a cloud-based Web Dashboard application that processes healthcare Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions
• Design, build, and maintain 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, 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 actively participate in code reviews
• 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 Git Hub for version control, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development

• Experience with Java and/or NodeJS back‑end integration and Angular front‑end UI
• Understanding of structured healthcare data
• Proven experience building back‑end services that serve structured EDI or healthcare data to front‑end applications
• Hands‑on Angular experience integrating APIs and contributing to front‑end components
• Strong back‑end development experience in Java and JavaScript/Type Script/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)
• Hands‑on Cloud (AWS/Azure) experience, including API Gateway, Lambda, S3, Cloud Watch, or related services
• Proficiency with Git/Git Hub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows
• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Jest, or equivalent)
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders and cross‑functional engineers to define and refine API requirements
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA
• Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team
• Strong attention to detail, especially around data accuracy and fidelity for healthcare records
• Ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• U.S. Citizenship required

None required

8+ years of software development experience with a strong back‑end focus (Java and/or NodeJS)

8+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs in healthcare or enterprise environments

• Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Medical Claims, e.g., 837, 834, 277
• Familiarity with web document submission processes
• Experience in a high‑paced Dev Ops 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)

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity.

Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Syms Strategic Group, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or genetic information.