Staff Interoperability Engineer

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• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

The Opportunity

The Staff Interoperability Engineer is a senior technical resource responsible for advancing interoperability initiatives within Abbott Diabetes Care while supporting our mission to improve patient outcomes and become the most connected CGM in the market. This role ensures seamless secure and standardsbased data exchange between medical devices clinical systems and external healthcare platforms while meeting regulatory safety and quality requirements.

The Staff Interoperability Engineer partners across engineering product commercial and quality teams to influence strategy architecture decisions and resolve complex crosssystem challenges. The role serves as a subject matter expert in healthcare interoperability standards and plays a critical role in enabling scalable compliant and patientsafe connectivity solutions that support both current products and future innovation. #software

What Youll Do

Architecture & Design

• Design scalable secure and standards-compliant interoperability solutions.

• Develop and enforce architectural best practices for clinical and administrative data exchange.
• Facilitate and lead detailed HL7 v2 HL7 CCD/CDA and FHIR interface mapping for use case scenarios.

Technical Execution

• Lead the development and deployment of APIs data pipelines and integration services for real-time and batch data exchange.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA GDPR 21st Century Cures Act and other healthcare data privacy and security regulations.
• Provide hands-on support for complex integration challenges and guide teams through technical decision-making.
• Provide operational support for interoperability services including participation in an oncall rotation to diagnose resolve and prevent production integration issues.

Collaboration & Enablement

• Partner with EHR vendors health systems payers and third-party developers to ensure seamless data interoperability.
• Support internal teams with technical and quality documentation training and onboarding for interoperability tools.
• Monitor and optimize system performance reliability and data quality across integrations.
• Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews knowledge sharing and technical guidance.

Critical Success Indicators

• Successfully delivered multiple production grade EHR Interoperability solutions and services designed for scale.

• Demonstrated ability to implement healthcare standardsbased solutions that integrate effectively into realworld clinical environments.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross functional teams including software engineering product commercial and quality.
• Deep understanding of healthcare data standards and frameworks such as HL7 v2/v3 FHIR DICOM IHE etc.
• Practical understanding and effective use of healthcare middleware and integration platforms.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in science engineering or related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• 10 years of Interoperability Engineering experience
• Proven experience in developing and deploying EHR Interoperability solutions and services at scale
• Demonstrated working knowledge of healthcare standards and frameworks such as HL7 v2 FHIR IHE profiles SMART on FHIR CDS Hooks
• Demonstrated working knowledge of integration engines and their capabilities. (Rhapsody experience heavily preferred)
• Extensive experience securely integrating data using multiple transport and messaging protocols such as MLLP over TCP HTTPS SFTP etc.
• Deep understanding of security concepts such as TLS/mTLS OAuth JWT and certificate management
• In depth understanding of Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems such as Epic Cerner Meditech Athena etc.
• Ability to understand and author product specifications architecture and technical design documentation
• Ability and willingness to train and mentor junior engineers
• Ability to work on multiple work streams concurrently

Preferred Qualifications

• HL7 certified in one or more standards: V2 CDA FHIR
• Certification with one or more middleware platforms such as Rhapsody Intersystems Corepoint Mirth etc.
• Experience with patient matching technologies and algorithms
• Experience configuring maintaining and troubleshooting high volume interfaces across environments
• Deep understanding of clinical codesets and libraries such as SNOMED LOINC ICD etc.
• Experience deploying integration solutions on a global scale
• Ability to research API specs such as Swagger to understand and evaluate API availability and data responses for current needs and future growth
• Experience developing regulated medical device software that strictly adheres to design controls and quality management system requirements
• Ability to work effectively across multiple teams countries and time zones
• Self-motivated to complete tasks timely with competence; driven to self-educate and improve processes
• Strong troubleshooting communication and prioritization skills with a resultsoriented mindset
• Experience working in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure
• Experience with agile software development methodologies including Scrum or Kanban and exposure to CI/CD pipelines.

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