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.