API Technical Lead

Rightdirectiontech; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Rightdirectiontech seeks an Applications Development Expert to design and deliver enterprise-scale integration and applications. You will lead FHIR-based APIs and HL7-aligned solutions across cloud platforms, emphasizing scalable, secure interfaces and architecture consistency.

Responsibilities include defining specifications, guiding data mapping across formats, and acting as a technical resource across disciplines to improve interoperability and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience designing enterprise-level integration solutions and APIs.
• Knowledge of FHIR/HL7 standards for healthcare data exchange.
• Ability to map data between formats (X12, JSON, XML, HL7v2, FHIR).

Responsibilities

• Develop enterprise-level applications and integration solutions with major enhancements.
• Lead cross-disciplinary integration across platforms and teams.
• Define specifications, design, and develop complex software solutions.
• Guide adoption of reusable components, standards, and architectures.
• Ensure scalable, secure, and reliable web services and APIs.
• Promote interoperability standards and align with enterprise architecture.

Skills

FHIR API Lead

HL7 standards

AWS cloud

SOA architectures

API integration

data mapping

web services

Tools

FHIR

HL7

AWS

SOA

Job description

Description

Position Description: The Applications Development Expert provides design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy. The position shall use a variety of platforms to provide automated systems applications to customers. This individual will be viewed both internally and externally as a technical expert and critical technical resource across multiple disciplines.

His/her responsibilities include performing the following tasks:

• A. Developing enterprise-level applications and custom integration solutions including major enhancements and interfaces, functions, and features;
• B. Providing expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business;
• C. Determining specifications, then planning, designing, and developing the most complex and business-critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes (either individually or in concert with a project team);
• D. Assisting in the most difficult support problems;
• E. Developing programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse;
• F. Understanding and consistently applying the attributes and processes of current application development methodologies;
• G. Researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and their possible application to the business; and
• H. Acting as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent.

Additional Application Integration & Architecture Responsibilities Include:

• Serve as the FHIR API Lead, leveraging FHIR and HL7 standards to support CMS Interoperability Rule 0057-F and enable secure and efficient healthcare data exchange.
• Design and implement FHIR-based solutions to expose clinical and claims data via standardized APIs using cloud platforms such as AWS.
• Develop and maintain Enterprise Integration Architecture guidelines and policies, with emphasis on SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) principles.
• Collaborate with developers to build mapping between source and target data formats, including database, flat files, X12, JSON, XML, HL7v2, and FHIR.
• Guide teams on application web service and API integration with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and reliability.
• Design reusable components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support enterprise-level application integration and web services.
• Ensure compliance with integration design standards, patterns, and best practices.
• Work with architects and developers to align integration solutions with enterprise architecture.
• Analyze, review, and recommend improvements to expand and mature enterprise application integration strategies.
• Support governance board activities by reviewing application integration changes and architectural decisions.
• Promote continuous improvement through evaluation of emerging technologies and interoperability standards.