Interoperability Engineer

Interoperability Engineer

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Why Join Us?

• Make a Positive Impact: Your work will directly contribute to the health and well-being of Kansans.
• Family Comes First: Total rewards package that promotes the idea of family first for all employees. Paid vacation and sick leave with paid maternity and paternity available immediately upon hire
• Professional Growth Opportunities: Advance your career with ongoing training and development programs.
• Dynamic Work Environment: Collaborate with a team of passionate and driven individuals in a work environment that promotes flexibility.
• Trust and Stability: Work for one of the most trusted companies in Kansas with over 80 years of commitment, compassion and community.
• Inclusive Work Environment: We pride ourselves on fostering a workplace where everyone is valued and respected.

Benefits & Perks

• Base compensation is only one component of your competitive Total Rewards package

• Incentive pay program (EPIP)
• Health/Vision/Dental insurance
• 6 weeks paid parental leave for new mothers and fathers
• Fertility/Adoption assistance
• 2 weeks paid caregiver leave
• 401(k) plan matching up to 5%
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health & fitness benefits, discounts and resources

Job Summary

The Interoperability Engineer is a hands-on technical role responsible for driving technical design, development, and operational ownership of interoperability applications and services that enable real-time healthcare data exchange across internal systems, external partners, and regulatory APIs.

This role builds production-grade applications, APIs, and event-driven services, while defining and implementing integration patterns and ensuring solutions are scalable, reliable, and compliant with CMS, ONC, and BCBSA interoperability mandates.

Operating at the intersection of application development, integration engineering, platform ownership, and regulated production operations, this role is accountable for delivering and sustaining solutions from design through deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement. Ownership is focused on the interoperability application layer and InterSystems HealthShare platform.

This role influences technical direction within the interoperability domain and is accountable for ensuring solutions meet performance, reliability, and regulatory expectations.

"This position is eligible to work remotely, hybrid or onsite in accordance with our Telecommuting Policy."

What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and support interoperability applications, APIs, and event-driven services enabling real-time and near-real-time healthcare data exchange
• Build and maintain FHIR-based APIs aligned with CMS interoperability requirements and HL7 implementation guides (e.g., Patient Access, Payer-to-Payer, Provider Directory)
• Drive technical design decisions and implement integration patterns across APIs, ingestion frameworks, and event-driven systems
• Design and deliver scalable solutions for complex, high-volume data exchange scenarios across internal and external systems
• Develop and optimize ingestion frameworks, data pipelines, and automation to support reliable and efficient data processing
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of complex integration and data flow issues; define reprocessing strategies and system improvements
• Implement secure API access patterns, including OAuth2 and SMART on FHIR, ensuring proper authentication, authorization, and data protection
• Configure, extend, and optimize the InterSystems HealthShare platform, including development of custom services and integrations
• Ensure performance, reliability, scalability, and availability of interoperability services in production environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical guidance to translate business and regulatory requirements into scalable solutions

What You Need

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Strong experience designing and building interoperability applications, APIs, and event-driven services in production environments
• Ability to drive or contribute to technical design decisions and implement scalable integration patterns across APIs, ingestion frameworks, and event-driven systems
• Proficiency in modern development languages (e.g., Java, .NET), SQL, and data validation techniques for building and optimizing data pipelines
• Experience developing and securing APIs using OAuth2, SMART on FHIR, or similar authentication and authorization frameworks
• Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, CDA, X12, US Core, USCDI), implementation guides, terminology (SNOMED, LOINC, ICD-10, RxNorm), and validation tools (e.g., Inferno, Touchstone), or ability to quickly develop expertise
• Experience designing and supporting high-volume, enterprise-scale data exchange and ingestion processes
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills across complex, distributed systems, including integration and data flow failures
• Experience working in production environments with responsibility for system reliability, monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization
• Familiarity with modern SDLC practices, version control (e.g., Git), Agile methodologies, and API testing tools (e.g., Postman or similar)
• Experience with interoperability platforms such as InterSystems HealthShare, including development in ObjectScript (or similar technologies), is preferred

Education and Experience

• High school or equivalent required. Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, Health Informatics, or a related technical field, preferred. In lieu of degree, an additional 3 years relevant experience required.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering, systems integration, or health IT environments.
• Direct experience building or supporting FHIR-based systems in a payer or provider organization is strongly preferred.
• Experience in regulated healthcare settings, especially those involving CMS or ONC oversight, is a plus.

Physical Requirements

• Office setting, with possible remote or hybrid work opportunities depending on the department.
• Must be able to work at a computer for extended period.
• Participation in after-hours deployments or incident response may occasionally be necessary.

Compensation

$94,400 - $118,000

Exempt Grade IT&S 16

• Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas offers excellent competitive compensation with the goal of retaining and growing talented team members. The compensation range for this role is a good faith estimate, it is estimated based on what a successful candidate might be paid. All offers presented to candidates are carefully reviewed to ensure fair, equitable pay by offering competitive wages that align with the individual's skills, education, experience, and training. The range may vary above or below the stated amounts.

Our Commitment to Connection and Belonging

At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas, we are committed to fostering a culture of connection and belonging, where mutual respect is at the foundation of our workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, belief, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military or veteran status, family or parental status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas conducts pre-employment drug screening, criminal conviction check, employment verifications and education as part of a conditional offer of employment.