DrFirst, Inc. has been empowering providers and patients with intelligent medication management for 25 years. The Senior Integration Engineer will lead the integration of medication data feeds from payer partners, managing both technical execution and business relationships while scaling payer integrations and prior authorization workflows.
Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end integration of medication data feeds from national and regional payers
- Design, build, and support direct payer integrations with UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, BCBS
- Act as technical subject matter expert for payer-specific integration requirements
- Serve as primary technical and business contact for payer partners
- 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 Standard Operating Procedures for repeatable delivery
- Own end-to-end integration projects from discovery through go-live
- Manage timelines, dependencies, and stakeholder communication
Requirements:
- 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
- Experience with payer organizations on technical integrations
- Knowledge of pharmacy benefit management (PBM) systems
- Background in mentoring less experienced engineers
- Experience with EMR/EHR integration patterns
- Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures
- Knowledge of healthcare interoperability initiatives (TEFCA, CMS)