Senior Java API Engineer - HL7 FHIR, Secure Healthcare APIs

Australian Capital Territory; Canberra; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Australian Capital Territory is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to deliver secure, scalable API services in a government environment. The role focuses on Java REST APIs, HL7 FHIR, and healthcare integrations, with strong emphasis on security, privacy, and DevSecOps practices.

The successful candidate will work across the full software development lifecycle, building API gateways, and ensuring interoperability with internal and external systems.

Qualifications

• Commercial experience across Java, REST APIs and HL7 FHIR.
• Experience in healthcare technology environments is preferred.
• Experience with API testing, including REST and performance testing.
• Experience with OAuth, container delivery and CI/CD pipelines is required.
• Knowledge of privacy, auditing, and logging practices.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing secure RESTful APIs using Java.
• Building healthcare APIs aligned with HL7 FHIR.
• Supporting integration across complex clinical and administrative systems.
• Implementing API authentication and authorisation using OAuth 2.0.
• Developing automated and end-to-end API testing.
• Working with containerised applications, CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.
• Supporting logging, monitoring, privacy and auditability requirements.
• Collaborating on integration, data mapping and transformation.
• Supporting production-ready solutions throughout the application lifecycle.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

HL7 FHIR

Healthcare tech

API testing

OAuth

Containerisation

CI/CD

DevOps

Logging & privacy

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Australian Capital Territory is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to deliver secure, scalable API services in a government environment. The role focuses on Java REST APIs, HL7 FHIR, and healthcare integrations, with strong emphasis on security, privacy, and DevSecOps practices.

The successful candidate will work across the full software development lifecycle, building API gateways, and ensuring interoperability with internal and external systems.