Thermo Fisher Scientific is a leader in healthcare and technology, and they are seeking a Senior Staff Engineer - HL7 Developer to enhance healthcare data interoperability. The role involves designing and maintaining healthcare data interfaces, ensuring secure and compliant data exchange across clinical systems.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain HL7 interfaces (v2.x, v3, CDA, FHIR) between healthcare systems
- Build and support integrations with EHR/EMR systems (e.g., Epic, Cerner, Allscripts)
- Configure and manage integration engines (e.g., Mirth Connect, Rhapsody, Cloverleaf)
- Analyze, transform, and map healthcare data formats and message structures
- Troubleshoot interface issues, message failures, and data discrepancies
- Implement data validation, error handling, and logging mechanisms
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and healthcare data security standards
- Collaborate with clinical, technical, and vendor teams to define integration requirements
- Support real-time and batch data exchange workflows
- Maintain documentation for interfaces, mappings, and workflows
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Health Informatics, or related field
- 10+ years of experience in healthcare IT, interface development, or systems integration
- 7+ years of hands-on experience with HL7 v2.x, HL7 FHIR, X12, or other healthcare messaging standards
- Experienced in Java, JavaScript, or similar scripting languages
- Experience with JSON, RESTful APIs, and XML
- Strong knowledge of HL7 v2.x messaging standards (ADT, ORU, ORM, etc.)
- Experience with FHIR APIs and modern interoperability frameworks
- Hands-on experience with integration engines (Mirth Connect preferred)
- Understanding of healthcare workflows and clinical data
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
- Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, which includes a drug screening
- Experience with HL7 v3, CDA/CCD documents
- Familiarity with FHIR resources and SMART on FHIR
- Knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards (HL7, DICOM, X12)
- Experience integrating with Epic, Cerner, or other major EHR systems
- Understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Certification in HL7 or healthcare integration technologies