Senior Payer Integration Engineer (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary

Discretionary bonus

Health insurance

401K

HSA

PTO

Education funds

Remote-first

Job summary

DrFirst is seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to lead the integration of medication data feeds from payer partners into DrFirst solutions. You will own ongoing payer relationships and manage the continuous integration of their data, scaling direct payer integrations and prior authorization workflows.

You will mentor Integration Services Engineers, define scalable processes, and ensure delivery as payers add plans and new data elements, while collaborating with product to improve integration

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field.
• 5+ years in healthcare integration engineering with focus on payer connectivity.
• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards (HL7 FHIR, HL7 v2, X12 EDI).
• Proven ability to manage external business relationships.
• Strong project management skills coordinating multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience with Java, C#, Python, JavaScript/Node.js.
• Background in CI/CD, automated testing, and cloud platforms (AWS).
• Understanding of HIPAA, HITECH, and healthcare regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end integration projects from discovery through go-live.
• Design, build, and support direct payer integrations with national and regional payers.
• Act as technical subject matter expert for payer-specific integration requirements.
• Own business and technical relationships with payer partners.
• Partner with payer stakeholders to align on requirements and timelines.
• Build, maintain, and optimize prior authorization integrations.
• Troubleshoot complex PA issues across payer systems.
• Collaborate to improve authorization success rates.
• Act as escalation point and mentor for Integration Services Engineers.
• Build team capabilities through knowledge sharing and documentation.
• Partner with Product Management to define scalable payer integration capabilities.
• Create and maintain SOPs for repeatable delivery.
• Own end-to-end integration projects with strong communication across stakeholders.

Skills

Java

C#

Python

JavaScript/Node.js

HL7 FHIR

HL7 v2

X12 EDI

CI/CD

AWS

HIPAA/HITECH

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

Job description

DrFirst is seeking a Senior Integration Engineer to lead the integration of medication data feeds from payer partners into DrFirst solutions. You will own ongoing payer relationships and manage the continuous integration of their data, scaling direct payer integrations and prior authorization workflows.

You will mentor Integration Services Engineers, define scalable processes, and ensure delivery as payers add plans and new data elements, while collaborating with product to improve integration