Remote Senior Software Engineer — AI-Driven Health IT

Zim Directory; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Discretionary performance-based bonus

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401K with company match

HSA contributions

PTO 18 days + holidays

Education funds up to $1500 annually

Remote-first company

Job summary

DrFirst in the United States is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the eRx Enterprise and Gadget team. You will build cloud native services and integrate with major EHR platforms, focusing on Gadget initially and expanding to Rcopia EPCS/PDMP workflows.

You will shape scalable Java microservices, implement AI-enhanced tooling, and collaborate across DevOps for CI/CD, security, and observability. This role emphasizes performance, reliability, and compliant healthcare integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve Gadget from design through production.
• Contribute to Rcopia EPCS and PDMP capabilities as the roadmap expands.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain secure, scalable Java integration solutions.
• Build cloud native microservices on AWS with auto scaling, fault tolerance, high availability, and self healing.
• Develop and maintain integrations with major EHR platforms using HL7, FHIR, web services, APIs, and Mirth Connect.
• Build and maintain event driven architectures with Apache Kafka for reliable, efficient service communication.
• Deliver high throughput and low latency across large, distributed platforms.
• Partner with DevOps on CI/CD pipelines that automate testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Design AI powered automation frameworks for faster development cycles and automated regression testing.
• Decide where AI adds value in the codebase and where human design must lead. Set review standards for AI assisted code.
• Monitor, diagnose, and resolve performance issues with observability tools and logs.
• Follow and enforce secure coding practices. Take part in security audits and reviews.
• Lead code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architecture decisions.
• Track industry trends and improve system performance, resilience, and developer productivity.

Skills

Java development

Spring Framework

AWS cloud native

Apache Kafka

RESTful APIs

AI tooling

Security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

Observability / debugging

Agile / self-motivated

Education

Bachelors in Computer Science

Tools

GitLab CI

Jenkins

HL7

FHIR

Mirth Connect

AWS S3

AWS Lambda

RDS

EKS / ECS

Job description

DrFirst in the United States is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for the eRx Enterprise and Gadget team. You will build cloud native services and integrate with major EHR platforms, focusing on Gadget initially and expanding to Rcopia EPCS/PDMP workflows.

You will shape scalable Java microservices, implement AI-enhanced tooling, and collaborate across DevOps for CI/CD, security, and observability. This role emphasizes performance, reliability, and compliant healthcare integrations.