Senior Engineer,FHIR Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,Software Development

Senior Engineer, FHIR

The Senior Engineer, FHIR will design, develop, and enhance healthcare technology solutions that improve interoperability, data quality, and patient outcomes. This role focuses on building scalable systems that support healthcare reporting, digital quality measurement, and seamless exchange of clinical information. You will collaborate with engineers, healthcare experts, product teams, and external stakeholders to deliver reliable solutions aligned with industry standards. The position requires strong software engineering expertise combined with deep knowledge of healthcare interoperability frameworks, especially HL7 FHIR.

The ideal candidate is passionate about using technology to reduce healthcare complexity and create meaningful improvements for providers, patients, and organizations. This is an opportunity to contribute to mission-driven projects while working in a remote-first, collaborative engineering environment.

Accountabilities:

The Senior Engineer, FHIR will contribute to the design, development, testing, and delivery of healthcare technology platforms while helping teams build secure, scalable, and high-quality solutions. This role combines technical leadership, software engineering expertise, and healthcare domain knowledge.

Design, develop, and maintain software solutions supporting healthcare interoperability, reporting, and quality measurement initiatives.
Build and integrate RESTful APIs aligned with HL7 FHIR specifications and healthcare interoperability standards.
Develop and work with FHIR resources, including Measure, Measure Report, Patient, Encounter, and Observation.
Apply strong software engineering practices across architecture, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, external partners, and stakeholders to ensure technical solutions meet business and healthcare requirements.
Design comprehensive testing strategies, including functional, performance, security, and integration testing.
Improve automated testing processes to increase coverage, reliability, and deployment efficiency.
Support continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines from code commit through production release.
Identify and resolve technical issues, manage defects, and contribute to reducing technical debt.
Establish and promote engineering standards, best practices, and quality metrics throughout the software development lifecycle.
Work with healthcare data formats such as QRDA, C-CDA, and claims data to support regulatory reporting requirements.
Contribute to solutions involving digital quality measurement concepts, including electronic Clinical Quality Measures (eCQM) and digital Quality Measures (dQM).
Participate in Agile development processes and collaborate with engineering teams to continuously improve delivery practices.
Support compliance with healthcare regulations, security requirements, and government program standards.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer with strong healthcare technology knowledge and expertise in interoperability standards. They should have a proven ability to build reliable applications, collaborate across teams, and solve complex technical challenges.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience with 8+ years of software development experience.
Strong experience developing applications using Java and Spring Boot.
Experience with at least two additional programming languages or frameworks such as Go, Python, Angular, Type Script, or Java.
Hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR standards, including resources, profiles, and implementation guides.
Experience building or integrating RESTful APIs based on FHIR specifications.
Knowledge of FHIR R4 and healthcare interoperability patterns.
Experience working with FHIR servers such as HAPI FHIR or similar platforms.
Experience designing, consuming, and validating healthcare data resources.
Understanding of healthcare data quality, validation processes, and regulatory reporting requirements.
Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, preferably Terraform.
Experience building and…