CDS Hooks Platform Engineer for Real-Time Clinical APIs

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Remotedxb is seeking a senior API Platform Architect to lead the design and operation of the CDS Hooks platform, steering card orchestration and EHR-side logic integration.

You will own CDS Hook API contracts, drive evolution to align with SMART on FHIR, and guide integrations with Epic, NextGen, Athena, and ECW, while building scalable REST and event-driven APIs for clinical data and quality metrics. This role requires deep expertise in security, data pipelines, and healthcare interoperability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience designing and operating API platforms or backend infrastructure at scale.
• 3+ years of experience with healthcare data integrations, EMR workflows, or interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7)
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with CDS Hooks or SMART on FHIR
• Strong experience with REST API design, versioning, and authentication patterns
• Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Python, Java, or Go
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks, GCP) and containerized services (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proven ability to work in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments with healthcare regulatory constraints

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of the CDS Hooks platform, including card orchestration and EHR-side logic integration
• Own CDS Hook API contracts and evolution, ensuring compliance with SMART CDS Hooks specifications
• Lead technical integration with EMR systems such as Epic, NextGen, Athena, and ECW
• Design, build, and maintain public-facing REST and event-driven APIs for clinical data and quality metrics
• Implement API security patterns including OAuth 2.0, scope-based authorization, and rate limiting
• Design and optimize real-time data pipelines to ensure low latency and high freshness for clinical decision support
• Establish reliability metrics and SLAs for API performance and CDS Hook delivery
• Partner with Data Engineering to align upstream data models with platform capabilities
• Mentor team members through design reviews and architectural guidance

Skills

API design

Backend scalability

Healthcare interoperability

CDS Hooks / SMART on FHIR

REST API standards

Python/Java/Go

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Databricks

GCP

Job description

Remotedxb is seeking a senior API Platform Architect to lead the design and operation of the CDS Hooks platform, steering card orchestration and EHR-side logic integration.

You will own CDS Hook API contracts, drive evolution to align with SMART on FHIR, and guide integrations with Epic, NextGen, Athena, and ECW, while building scalable REST and event-driven APIs for clinical data and quality metrics. This role requires deep expertise in security, data pipelines, and healthcare interoperability.