FHIR Software Engineer

* We are open to supporting 100% remote work anywhere within the US*

ICF is a mission-driven company filled with people who care deeply about improving the lives of others and making the world a better place. Our core values include Embracing Difference; we seek candidates who are passionate about building a culture that encourages, embraces, and hires dimensions of difference.

Our Health Engineering Solutions (HES) team works side by side with customers to articulate a vision for success, and then make it happen. We know success doesn't happen by accident. It takes the right team of people, working together on the right solutions for the customer.

Our team supports the vision to improve patient quality care and consumer decision-making by hospital providers across the country, by collecting, computing, and publicly reporting outcomes-based hospital quality measure data. This contract will serve to develop a human-centric reporting system that allows refinement, filtering, and data comparison, as well as the ability to view supplemental information. Leveraging modern technologies, Dev Ops practices, and cloud-based infrastructure, our dynamic work environment involves multiple project teams collaborating toward a common vision of delivering an integrated solution.

• Java/Spring
• FHIR
• AWS cloud technologies
• PostgreSQL
• ECS / Fargate
• Lambda
• Terraform
• Jenkins
• Git and Git Hub
• Confluence / Jira

We are seeking a FHIR Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for working with a team of engineers and building enterprise-level backend solutions using a variety of technologies. You will be working with implementing the FHIR standard using JavaScript, Java, Spring Boot and OpenAPI to develop robust and scalable applications that support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Quality Reporting (HQR) as we develop a next generation reporting and analytics system that directly impacts healthcare quality.

Your responsibilities will also include leveraging AWS cloud technologies to manage large datasets and create efficient data pipelines. You will be expected to design, develop, test, and deploy Java applications that meet the needs of our clients and partners.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of software development principles and a proven track record in backend development. Experience with Agile software development methodologies is a must, as we value collaboration and flexibility in our approach to project management.

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a team of experienced professionals and contribute to the development of high-quality software solutions. If you are passionate about technology, eager to learn, and want your work to impact systems that collect healthcare data used by hundreds of thousands of daily users, we want to (virtually) meet you!

• Assist in development and implementation of a FHIR-based architecture
• Work with a team of talented engineers, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality solutions that meet business objectives
• Perform code reviews and develop processes for improving code quality
• Design and build microservices and serverless applications in the cloud
• Work with Product Owner and UX design to understand and create solutions for diverse user requirements
• Work with Architects and other Engineers to help create and then implement development best practices
• Work with test engineering team to assure product quality
• Collaborate in a fast-paced Agile environment
• Participate in team code reviews and design reviews
• Help our support team triage bugs and troubleshoot production issues
• Cooperating with the back-end developers in the process of building the applications
• Work independently to design, develop, and document solutions, while adhering to all applicable standards (e.g., architectural, coding, security)
• Work with Dev Ops engineers on CI, CD, and IaC
• Read specs and translate them into test designs and test automation

• Bachelor’s degree; OR a four-year degree such as B.S., B.A., or
  
  B.Sc.; OR completion of 6+ weeks of a programming boot camp plus 1+ year of IT-related experience; OR 4 years of relevant industry experience without a formal degree
• 7+ years of experience with modern design patterns and building enterprise-grade production applications, as well as experience with version control tools, such as Git
• 5+ years of experience testing code builds and deployment properly through Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment processes, built in Jenkins or a comparable tool
• Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance
• Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
• Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years

• FHIR Engineering strongly preferred
• Candidates with U.S. citizenship or Green Card will be…