IT Software Engineer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Architect develop implement and support/maintain interfaces that enable the exchange of patient and lab data between hospital systems (such as HIS and EHR) and laboratory information management systems (LIMS).
• Productivity expectations for a Corepoint Interface Engineer include:
  • Development of 3-4 concurrent interface projects 10-15  projects yearly.
  • Complete an interface project in 90 days or as quickly as possible given lab/client resources and competencies
  • Handle a proportionate share of support tickets for Corepoint environment.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including clinical laboratory staff hospital IT teams and vendors to define requirements and technical specifications and clearly set and maintain expectations challenges and proposed solutions.
• Implement industry-standard protocols and data formats such as HL7 JSON or XML to ensure interoperability between systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve interface-related issues ensuring timely and accurate data flow between systems.
• Write clean efficient and well-documented code for interface development and integration without flaws taking into account the specific needs and  idiosyncrasies of each lab and hospital/medical practice
• Conduct testing and quality assurance to validate interfaces ensuring data consistency accuracy and integrity.
• Monitor and optimize system performance ensuring efficient and reliable interface operations.
• Ensure compliance with healthcare standards regulations (HIPAA etc.) and best practices for patient data security.
• Participate in system upgrades migrations and other ongoing development efforts as needed.
• Communicate project status and issues to the management and other stakeholders through meetings emails and key documents.
• Interact and clearly communicate with clients industry peers software support teams and ELE staff as required.   

Qualifications :

Basic Minimum Qualifications (BMQ):

• Deep experience designing developing testing implementing and maintaining interfaces using the Corepoint Interface Engine including 3-5 years experience minimum more preferred particularly in the healthcare/clinical laboratory domain
• Ability to troubleshoot debug optimize and support Corepoint interfaces
• Familiarity with engine upgrades version management and performance tuning
• Strong knowledge of HL7 messaging ADT ORM ORU DFT etc. and message segmentation data types and flows
• Experience with standards such as JSON XML CDA
• Experience with networking and file transfer protocols such as TCP-IP VPN sFTP/FTPs) HTTP/S web services REST/SOAP and the requisite certificate authentication methods.
• Experience developing APIs and integrating with external systems using secure transport and authentication methods. Strong experience with data mapping and transformation logic between source systems laboratory LIS/LIMS EHRs and HIS systems and other target systems through the engine. Experience with software development lifecycle principles and version controls
• Ability to translate functional/clinical requirements into interface specifications and complete technical designs
• Clear effective oral and written communication skills in the English language.

Education/Experience

• Five years experience in healthcare IT interface development with a strong emphasis on HL7 interface engine technology and requirements.
• Extensive experience developing and maintaining interfaces in Corepoint Integration Engine
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Healthcare Informatics or equivalent real world experience

 Ability and/or Skills

• Strong project planning leadership negotiation and communication skills as well as an ability to contribute creative and practical solutions to problems.
•  Excellent organization communication skills  (English oral and written) and attention to detail committed to quality and timely deliverables
• Experience with system integration design data flow architecture and scalable solutions design.
• Strong testing skills building test plans performing interface validation error analysis and regression testing
• Troubleshooting production issues determining root causes and implementing fixes under SLA requirements
• On-call support rotation capability
• Knowledge of clinical workflows lab system requirements lab order and results handling in the US clinical space
• Exposure to EHR systems such as Epic Cerner Meditech etc. and strong understanding of how they interface with Corepoint.  Understanding HIPAA and various other compliance/privacy/security requirements and compliance standards around healthcare data integration
• Ability to work closely with clinical stakeholders project managers WQA teams vendors and cross functional IT teams
• Excellent documentation skills
• Excellent clear written and verbal English communication skills
•  Ability to work independently and as part of a team self-motivation adaptability and a positive attitude.

Additional Information :

Working hours:

Monday to Friday - 08:00 to 17:00 Hybrid Work

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time