Platform Engineer, Data Services

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of the CDS Hooks platform, including card orchestration and EHR-side logic integration
• Own CDS Hook API contracts and evolution, ensuring compliance with SMART CDS Hooks specifications
• Lead technical integration with EMR systems such as Epic, NextGen, Athena, and ECW
• Design, build, and maintain public-facing REST and event-driven APIs for clinical data and quality metrics
• Implement API security patterns including OAuth 2.0, scope-based authorization, and rate limiting
• Design and optimize real-time data pipelines to ensure low latency and high freshness for clinical decision support
• Establish reliability metrics and SLAs for API performance and CDS Hook delivery
• Partner with Data Engineering to align upstream data models with platform capabilities
• Mentor team members through design reviews and architectural guidance

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing and operating API platforms or backend infrastructure at scale
• 3+ years of experience with healthcare data integrations, EMR workflows, or interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7)
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience with CDS Hooks or SMART on FHIR
• Strong experience with REST API design, versioning, and authentication patterns
• Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Python, Java, or Go
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Databricks, GCP) and containerized services (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proven ability to work in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments with healthcare regulatory constraints

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience with CDS Hooks implementations in production healthcare environments
• Familiarity with FHIR resources, C-CDA, and claims data
• Knowledge of value‑based care metrics, HEDIS, and HCC/RAF risk stratification
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure‑as‑code
• Background in healthcare startups or high‑growth health‑tech environments