FHIR API Architect and Engineer - Google Cloud Platform
Nashville, TN
Contract
We are seeking a Google Cloud Platform FHIR API Architect and Engineer to design, develop, maintain, and support custom-built HL7 FHIR APIs on Google Cloud Platform. This role will focus on reading large-scale clinical data from Google Cloud Bigtable, transforming it into FHIR-compliant resources, and exposing it through high-performance, secure REST APIs for downstream consumers. This role requires working closely with data teams, frequently in a matrixed environment as part of a broader project team.
This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep experience in custom API development, healthcare data standards, and Google Cloud Platform-native services, with responsibility across the full API lifecycle from design through production support. This role requires self-starters who are proficient in API problem solving and capable of bringing clarity to complex situations.
Due to the emerging and fast-evolving nature of Google Cloud Platform technology and practice, the position requires that one stay well-informed of technological advancements and be proficient at putting new innovations into effective practice. As an API Architect and Engineer, you will collaborate closely with all team members to create a modular, scalable solution that addresses current needs, but will also serve as a foundation for future success.
Responsibilities
This role will provide API development for specific business environments.
Adheres to and supports data engineering API best practices, processes, and standards.
Produce high quality, modular, reusable code that incorporates best practices and serves as an example for less experienced engineers.
Build productive and healthy relationships within the department and other teams to foster growth of our culture, our people, and our platforms.
Works in an environment with rapidly changing business requirements and priorities
Shares knowledge and experience to contribute to growth of overall team capabilities.
Actively participate in technical group discussions and adopt any modern technologies to improve the development and operations.
Self-directed, hands-on engineer
Comfortable working in regulated healthcare environments
Strong communicator with both technical and business stakeholders
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years of IT experience
5+ years of hands-on experience in API development or data engineering
Strong experience building custom HL7 FHIR APIs
Proven experience working with Google Cloud Bigtable, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions
Strong understanding of FHIR resources and search semantics
Proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala
Experience with RESTful API design, pagination, filtering, and versioning
Experience with OAuth 2.0, API gateways, and IAM
Strong debugging and production support experience
Qualifications
Preferred / Nice-to-have
Experience in healthcare, payer, or provider environments
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes (GKE)
Experience defining custom FHIR profiles and extensions.
Prior experience supporting high-volume, consumer-facing APIs.
Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform platform and experience with many of the following components:
Spark Streaming, Kafka, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Dataflow
Cloud Composer, DataProc, GitHub, CI/CD, Cloud Logging
RDBMS MS SQL Server/Oracle/Teradata/Oracle
NoSQL, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, In-memory, Columnar, other emerging technologies
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