Senior Staff Engineer – HL7

Thermo Fisher Scientific

HL7 Developer designing and maintaining healthcare data interfaces for clinical systems. Collaborating with teams to ensure accurate and secure data exchange across systems.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado, Kansas, Nevada, Utah • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $135,800 - $203,750 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaJavaScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

What you’ll need

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.
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)
Proficiency in Java, JavaScript, or similar scripting languages
Experience with XML, JSON, and RESTful APIs
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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
Employees’ Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount

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Hard Skills & Tools

HL7FHIREHREMRintegration enginesJavaJavaScriptXMLJSONRESTful APIs