Lead Engineer, Healthcare Integrations - US Based Remote

Requirements

• Minimum 6 years of hands-on software engineering experience with JavaScript and one other programming language with at least 3 years of that experience in developing healthcare integrations leveraging common interoperability standards (FHIR and HL7)
• Minimum of 2 years in supporting or in the direct management software engineers
• Exceptional fundamentals of computer programming, including a good understanding of software development lifecycle, coding best practices, design patterns, object-oriented architecture, etc.
• Experience working with mainstream EHRs such as Epic, eClinicalWorks, AthenaHealth, NextGen, etc.
• A commitment to supporting and fostering diversity and inclusion (We have a global team and you will regularly collaborate with people from a variety of walks of life)
• This role requires the candidate to reside within the United States of America
• Strategic Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and drive the delivery of long-term initiatives
• Collaborative Expertise: Exceptional collaboration and influencing skills, with a talent for working effectively with Product and Design teams to craft optimal solutions while navigating multiple constraints
• Mentorship: Growth-oriented mindset with the capability to guide others on their development journey
• Communication Skills: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to facilitate effective team interactions
• Autonomous Prioritization: Proficiency in identifying and managing priorities independently, ensuring efficient workflow.
• Strong background in remote work

Preferred experience

• Experience with our Tech Stack: JavaScript/TypeScript/React, Rhapsody, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, GCP
• Background in TDD engineering environments
• Experience working closely with data teams, leveraging healthcare data and foundational data science concepts

Job Responsibilities

• Support the management and oversight of 2 - 3 Integration Engineers
• Support Team Rituals, including having 1:1s with team members to support and foster growth
• Provide feedback and support the VP of Engineering with performance reviews
• Participate in the recruitment, interviewing, and retention of top-tier engineering talent
• Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining integration workflows leveraging standard engineering best practices, leveraging applications like Rhapsody
• Providing technical guidance and architecture to support the scalable development of healthcare integrations
• Enforce documentation of generic and client-specific integration workflows, routes, and communication point configurations to ensure proper versioning, thorough testing for all variations, and an audit trail of changes
• Provide technical training continually assuring capabilities for support teams to monitor and troubleshoot interfaces
• Work with customers, partners, and other external technical resources to understand the integration requirements and implementation details of those workflows
• Work closely with Product and Design teams to conceptualize and define impactful solutions, often through Product Requirements Documents (PRDs).
• Support engineers in project management within your domain
• Skillfully lead and facilitate essential team rituals, such as Kickoffs, Retrospectives, and Tech Debt Reviews
• Collaborate cross-functionally to understand technical estimates and prioritize backlog items, making pragmatic tradeoffs when necessary
• Develop processes, tools, and systems that enhance our team's overall effectiveness
• Contribute to the team by participating in On-Call (PagerDuty) activities.

Within 1 Month You'll...

• Have a working familiarity with CareMessage’s features and the API
• Understand the Rhapsody Development Environment and our SDLC
• Learn and follow CareMessage's integration standards, coding best practices and development processes
• Establish rapport with Engineers on the team through Wiki contributions, 1:1s, Team Rituals, etc.

Within 3 Months You'll...

• Be self-sufficient in completing tasks and have delivering upon Integration projects with wide-ranging impact
• Gain a strong understanding of our technical environment and identify areas for growth in our processes, systems and/or tooling
• Understand our Company Objectives and be able to articulate how Integrations directly impacts them

Within 6 Months You'll

• Be noted as a technical leader by your peers and manager having developed strong trust and rapport with them
• Have end-to-end ownership of the implementation of multiple integration projects
• Contribute your expertise in one or more areas that drive value and impact within our engineering department (e.g., API improvements, automated testing strategies, etc.)
• Contribute to the development of the Integrations roadmap and necessary team resourcing