Senior Developer - Digital Health - HL7

Cincinnati Children's Office of Academic Affairs and Career Development; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 92,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

Cincinnati Children's is seeking a Senior Developer – Digital Health to design and implement HL7 interfaces, FHIR APIs, and AI-enabled integrations within the IS Digital Health group. You will contribute to an extensible integration framework and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable solutions.

Join a hospital renowned for pediatric care and innovation, with a strong focus on data-driven health IT, security, and patient outcomes. Remote-friendly, full-time role with 40 hours weekly.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.
• 2+ years of HL7 interface message development and message queuing.
• Preferred experience with Mirth Interface Engine.

Responsibilities

• Design and produce new and enhanced software.
• Codes, tests, debugs, documents and implements software applications.
• Conduct business analysis, test new software code and typically works in a highly efficient (Agile) development environment.
• Perform maintenance and support efforts for large/complex platforms or a portfolio of applications.
• Ensures system improvements are successfully implemented.
• Serve as senior liaison to internal and external groups, both technical and non-technical.
• Assess and synthesize complex user requirements.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures and implementation plans which align with the development lifecycle as well as internal/external best practices.
• Complete internal reviews of code and other artifacts/deliverables.
• Execute testing efforts including data validation and information security reviews.
• Contribute significantly to the development of business, user and system requirements.
• Analyzes requirements, tests and integrates application components across multiple efforts for alignment and overlap, and design solutions that can be scaled and reused across multiple projects and domains.
• Design and implement interfaces to securely access data from internal and external sources.
• Provide advanced technical support for a large/complex platform or portfolio of existing applications and interfaces.
• Develop and maintain library of problems and corresponding solutions.
• Manage documentation for support including filling in all documentation required for support tickets.
• Participate in short-range planning and provide input to long-range planning.
• Mentor other developers.
• Interview resources.

Skills

Experience in health IT

HL7 interface development

Message queuing

Security and data access

Mentoring developers

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Mirth Interface Engine

Job description

• Expected Starting Pay Range $91,520.00 - $116,688.00
• Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

Primary Location

Remote

Department

IS Digital Health

Shift

Day (United States of America)

Schedule

Full time

Weekly Hours

40

FTE

1

Employee Status

Regular

• Expected Starting Pay Range $91,520.00 - $116,688.00
• Starting pay is based on experience, skills, and equity; exceptions may apply for highly qualified candidates. Additional pay (e.g., shift, on‑call, or weekend differentials) and benefits may apply. Annual pay may vary based on FTE status.

Join Cincinnati Children's Information Services as a Senior Developer – Digital Health and help to develop, deliver and support innovative interface and integrations to advance the future of pediatric healthcare. Working on HL7 interfaces, FHIR APIs and/or AI solutions, you will play a key role in driving our integration framework to the next operational and strategic levels.

• Work visa sponsorship is not available**

Job Responsibilities

Development

• Design and produce new and enhanced software.
• Codes, tests, debugs, documents and implements software applications.
• Conduct business analysis, test new software code and typically works in a highly efficient (Agile) development environment.
• Perform maintenance and support efforts for large/complex platforms or a portfolio of applications.
• Ensures system improvements are successfully implemented.

Collaboration

• Serve as senior liaison to internal and external groups, both technical and non-technical.
• Assess and synthesize complex user requirements.
• Develop detailed work breakdown structures and implementation plans which align with the development lifecycle as well as internal/external best practices.
• Complete internal reviews of code and other artifacts/deliverables.
• Execute testing efforts including data validation and information security reviews.

Requirements Gathering

• Contribute significantly to the development of business, user and system requirements.
• Analyzes requirements, tests and integrates application components across multiple efforts for alignment and overlap, and design solutions that can be scaled and reused across multiple projects and domains.
• Design and implement interfaces to securely access data from internal and external sources.

Support

• Provide advanced technical support for a large/complex platform or portfolio of existing applications and interfaces.
• Develop and maintain library of problems and corresponding solutions.
• Manage documentation for support including filling in all documentation required for support tickets.

Planning

• Participate in short-range planning and provide input to long-range planning.
• Mentor other developers.
• Interview resources.

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 5+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
• 2+ years of HL7 interface message development and message queuing
• Preferred experience with Mirth Interface Engine

About Us

At Cincinnati Children’s, we come to work with one goal: to make children’s health better. We believe in a holistic team approach, both in caring for patients and their families, and in advancing science and discovery. We strive to do better and find energy and inspiration in our shared purpose. If you want to be the best you can be, you can do it at Cincinnati Children’s.

Cincinnati Children's Is

• Recognized by U.S. News & World Report as atop 10 best Children’s Hospitals in the nation for more than 15 years
• Consistently among the top 3 Children’s Hospitals for National Institutes of Health (NIH)Funding
• Recognized as one of America’s Best Large Employers (2025), America’s Best Employers for New Grads (2025)
• One of the nation'sAmerica’s Most Innovative Companiesas noted by Fortune
• Consistently certified as great place to work
• A Leading Disability Employeras noted by theNational Organization on Disability
• Magnet® designated for the fourth consecutive time by theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

We Embrace Innovation—Together. We believe in empowering our teams with the tools that help us work smarter and care better. That’s why we support the responsible use of artificial intelligence. By encouraging innovation, we’re creating space for new ideas, better outcomes, and a stronger future—for all of us.

Cincinnati Children’s is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all our employees, patients, and families. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, genetic information, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. EEO/Veteran/Disability