Full Stack Developer - II

Syms Strategic Group (SSG)

Senior Systems Engineer (Angular)

Location:

Remote
Department:
Veterans Affairs (VA)
Type:
Full Time

Minimum Experience:

Experienced
Security Clearance Level: Public Trust
Salary Range: $85,389 - $116,975

• 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 performance‑mandated
• 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 Git Hub for version control, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development

• 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 applications
• 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/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)
• Working knowledge of Angular, including components, services, and API integration
• 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 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.

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
  • X.12 medical claims (837, 834, 277, etc)
• 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 teams)

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

U.S. Citizenship required for this…