Engineering Lead (Healthcare)

Intellias; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias is seeking an Engineering Lead to join a large-scale Digital Health initiative building a FHIR-based healthcare platform that connects providers, payers, and clinical systems. This hands-on leadership role combines technical excellence with people leadership to deliver secure, scalable, HIPAA-compliant solutions.

Youll set architectural direction, mentor engineers, and drive secure, observable cloud-native data platforms using Python/TypeScript, Kafka, AWS/Azure, Docker, and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years as Tech Lead / Engineering Lead.
• Experience in Healthcare, HealthTech, or Digital Health.
• Strong knowledge of FHIR R4.
• Experience with HL7 / US Core / USCDI.
• Hands-on HIPAA and PHI-safe engineering practices.
• Strong Python and/or Node.js / TypeScript skills.
• Experience designing distributed, high-scale systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering efforts across interoperability and data platform initiatives.
• Define technical direction and architecture decisions.
• Build and evolve secure, scalable, high-availability systems.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical coaching.
• Collaborate directly with US-based stakeholders.
• Drive engineering excellence, reliability, security, and observability practices.
• Promote responsible use of AI-assisted development in regulated healthcare environments.

Skills

Team leadership

Software engineering

Healthcare knowledge

API design

Distributed systems

Security & HIPAA

Cloud collaboration

English communication

Tools

Python

Node.js

TypeScript

Kafka

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

JWT/OAuth/OIDC

Job description

We're looking for an Engineering Lead to join a large-scale Digital Health initiative focused on building a FHIR-based healthcare platform that connects providers, payers, clinical systems, and external healthcare networks.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll combine technical excellence with team leadership. You'll drive architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and HIPAA-compliant healthcare solutions.

You'll be working on a platform that aggregates and standardizes medical data from multiple clinical and administrative sources, including:

• Lab results
• Diagnoses
• Medications
• Patient visits
• Claims and insurance data

The platform transforms healthcare data into FHIR standards and exposes it through secure APIs consumed by internal products and external partners.

Our technology stack includes:

• Python and/or Node.js / TypeScript
• Kafka and event-driven architecture
• AWS / Azure
• Docker & Kubernetes
• AI-assisted engineering practices

What you'll do

• Lead engineering efforts across healthcare interoperability and data platform initiatives
• Define technical direction and architecture decisions
• Build and evolve secure, scalable, high-availability systems
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical coaching
• Collaborate directly with US-based stakeholders
• Drive engineering excellence, reliability, security, and observability practices
• Promote responsible use of AI-assisted development in regulated healthcare environments

Must have

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years as a Tech Lead / Engineering Lead
• Experience in Healthcare, HealthTech, or Digital Health
• Strong knowledge of FHIR R4
• Experience with HL7 / US Core / USCDI
• Hands-on work with HIPAA and PHI-safe engineering practices
• Strong expertise in Python and/or Node.js / TypeScript
• Experience designing distributed, high-scale systems
• APIs, data platforms, and event-driven architectures (Kafka or similar)
• Experience with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and JWT
• Strong SQL and NoSQL skills
• AWS or Azure experience
• Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automated testing
• Proven track record of leading engineers and driving technical decisions
• Practical experience with AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, or similar
• English level B2+

Nice to have

• FHIR Server (R4/R4B), Bulk FHIR, SMART on FHIR
• HL7 v2, C-CDA, C-CDA-to-FHIR transformations
• Knowledge of SNOMED CT, LOINC, RxNorm, ICD-10, and CPT
• Databricks, Spark, Delta Lake, or other lakehouse platforms
• Master Patient Index (MPI), patient matching, or record linkage
• EHR/EMR integrations
• Experience with HIE, pharmacy, laboratory, or payer integrations
• CARIN Blue Button and Da Vinci standards
• Knowledge of 21st Century Cures Act, ONC Certification, and CMS Interoperability Rule
• Experience building LLM-based solutions for clinical data processing or data quality
• Contributions to open-source healthcare or FHIR/HL7 communities

Why join us?

You'll lead engineering for a platform that directly impacts how healthcare data is integrated, standardized, and delivered to patients, providers, and healthcare organizations.

This role offers a unique combination of:

• Technical leadership
• Modern cloud-native architecture
• Healthcare interoperability standards
• AI-native engineering
• Real business impact in a highly regulated domain

If you're passionate about engineering excellence and ready to solve complex healthcare challenges at scale, we'd love to hear from you.