Full Stack Developer (Angular/NodeJS) - II

Full Stack Developer (Angular/NodeJS)

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Full Stack Developer (Angular/NodeJS) for a remote position within the Veterans Affairs (VA) department. This is a full-time opportunity with a salary range of $85,389 - $116,975. Military veterans are highly encouraged to apply!

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Building, supporting, and migrating a cloud-based web dashboard application that processes healthcare Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions
• Designing, building, and maintaining Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces (RESTful APIs) in Java and/or NodeJS that retrieve, transform, and serve EDI healthcare records
• Integrating with internal platform APIs, EDI processing pipelines, and data services to deliver live and historical EDI transaction data reliably and performantly
• Supporting and contributing to an Angular-based dashboard front-end – consuming APIs, building or maintaining components, and ensuring data is surfaced accurately to business and clinical users
• Collaborating with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services
• Writing clean, testable, well-documented code and participating actively in code review
• Performing unit and integration testing across back-end services and API layers
• Supporting deployment, monitoring, and performance of back-end services in production on AWS
• Applying and promoting best software engineering practices within an Agile framework
• Using Git and GitHub for version control, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development

Required skills and experience include:

• Experience with Java and/or NodeJS back-end integration work and Angular front-end User Interface (UI)
• An understanding of structured healthcare data
• Proven experience building back-end services that serve structured EDI or healthcare data to front-end application
• Hands-on Angular experience with the ability to integrate APIs and contribute to front-end components
• Strong back-end development experience in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript/NodeJS – API design, data transformation, error handling, and performance
• Experience with Angular or another Modern front-end framework
• Proven ability to build RESTful APIs that consume and transform structured data (XML, JSON)
• Working knowledge of Angular, including components, services, and API integration
• Hands-on Cloud (AWS/Azure) experience, including API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, or related services
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows
• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Jest, or equivalent)
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work with stakeholders and cross-functional engineers to define and refine API requirements
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA
• An ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team
• Strong attention to detail, especially around data accuracy and fidelity for healthcare records
• An ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback
• U.S. Citizenship required for this position

Professional certifications are not required, but 8+ years of software development experience with a strong back-end focus (Java and/or NodeJS) and 8+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs in healthcare or enterprise environments are preferred.

Desired experience includes Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Medical Claims, X.12 medical claims (837, 834, 277, etc), familiarity with web document submission processes, experience in a high-paced DevOps environment, front-end development experience, familiarity with healthcare payer/Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations, knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in API and web applications, familiarity with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG 2.1) for government-facing applications, experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS), familiarity with C#/.Net back-end services for cross-team integration touchpoints, and experience working with remote U.S. based teams (not offshore teams).

Formal education is a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

U.S. Citizenship is required for this specific opportunity. Applicants selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information and be able to obtain a government-granted security clearance.