API Technical Lead

Position Description: The Applications Development Expert provides design recommendations based on long-term IT organization strategy. The position shall use a variety of platforms to provide automated systems applications to customers. This individual will be viewed both internally and externally as a technical expert and critical technical resource across multiple disciplines. His/her responsibilities include performing the following tasks: A. Developing enterprise-level applications and custom integration solutions including major enhancements and interfaces, functions, and features; B. Providing expertise regarding the integration of applications across the business; C. Determining specifications, then planning, designing, and developing the most complex and business- critical software solutions, utilizing appropriate software engineering processes (either individually or in concert with a project team); D. Assisting in the most difficult support problems; E. Developing programming and development standards and procedures as well as programming architectures for code reuse; F. Understanding and consistently applying the attributes and processes of current application development methodologies; G. Researching and maintaining knowledge in emerging technologies and their possible application to the business; and H. Acting as an internal consultant, advocate, mentor, and change agent. Additional Application Integration & Architecture Responsibilities Include: ? Serve as the FHIR API Lead, leveraging FHIR and HL7 standards to support CMS Interoperability Rule 0057-F and enable secure and efficient healthcare data exchange. ? Design and implement FHIR-based solutions to expose clinical and claims data via standardized APIs using cloud platforms such as AWS. ? Develop and maintain Enterprise Integration Architecture guidelines and policies, with emphasis on SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) principles. ? Collaborate with developers to build mapping between source and target data formats, including database, flat files, X12, JSON, XML, HL7v2, and FHIR. ? Guide teams on application web service and API integration with a focus on scalability, performance, security, and reliability. ? Design reusable components, standards, frameworks, and processes to support enterprise-level application integration and web services. ? Ensure compliance with integration design standards, patterns, and best practices. ? Work with architects and developers to align integration solutions with enterprise architecture. ? Analyze, review, and recommend improvements to expand and mature enterprise application integration strategies. ? Support governance board activities by reviewing application integration changes and architectural decisions. ? Promote continuous improvement through evaluation of emerging technologies and interoperability standards.