This role requires on-site work at our 818 Stewart location in downtown Seattle.
We are hiring for either an Integration Architect or Engineer.
Architect:
The Integration Architect serves as the senior technical leader responsible for the design, governance, scalability, operational reliability, and production support of enterprise interoperability solutions across Seattle Children's Hospital's digital ecosystem.
This role provides architectural leadership for clinical, operational, research, and business integrations utilizing interoperability standards and technologies including HL7v2, FHIR, APIs, event-driven architectures, cloud integration platforms, and enterprise integration engines such as InterSystems IRIS for Health and Epic Bridges.
The Integration Architect partners with clinical, operational, infrastructure, security, analytics, and application teams to define and implement integration strategies that support organizational initiatives, digital transformation, regulatory requirements, and enterprise scalability.
This role is responsible for:
- Enterprise interoperability architecture and standards
- Integration platform strategy and modernization
- Real-time interface and API design
- Vendor and solution assessments
- Cloud-native integration patterns
- Production support and operational oversight of enterprise integrations
- Monitoring, troubleshooting, escalation management, and incident resolution for critical integration workflows
- Strategic roadmap development for interoperability initiatives
- Technical leadership and mentorship within the Integration Team
The Integration Architect serves as a senior escalation point for complex production issues and is responsible for ensuring the stability, resiliency, performance, and availability of enterprise integration services. This includes leading root cause analysis, coordinating resolution efforts across technical teams and vendors, implementing operational best practices, and driving continuous improvement initiatives to maintain high availability and reliability of critical healthcare interoperability systems.
The Integration Architect also serves as a key advisor for emerging technologies and enterprise initiatives including digital health platforms, AI-enabled solutions, automation, and robotics.
Engineer:
Responsible for the design, development, and testing of healthcare system interfaces and integration solutions for small- to mid-scale projects. This role requires strong expertise in developing interface solutions using object-oriented Caché programming, as well as the ability to independently lead interface implementation efforts from inception to completion. This includes guiding project participants through requirements gathering, gap analysis, solution design, development, testing, implementation, and issue management and resolution.
In addition, this role is responsible for the installation, configuration, and administration of Epic Bridges, Epic FHIR, and InterSystems IRIS for Health integration platforms.
Finally, this role provides operational support for these applications and the interface engine, including all associated integration solutions. Responsibilities include participation in an on-call rotation, daily system monitoring, system maintenance, troubleshooting, and issue resolution.
Engineer:
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in CIS, MIS, IS, Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of work experience managing HL7 interfaces and interface activities.
Knowledge of ObjectScript (Caché ObjectScript), with experience in one or more additional languages: Python, Java, C#, SQL, or JavaScript.
Familiarity with FHIR R4 resources and RESTful API concepts.
Required Credentials
N/A.
Preferred
InterSystems HealthShare Health Connect HL7 Interface Specialist Certification.
Epic Hyperspace - Bridges Interface Certification.
Experience with FHIR R4 implementations, C-CDA document exchange, or IHE profiles
Experience scripting automation tasks (Python, PowerShell, or Bash).
Familiarity with Git-based version control and CI/CD concepts.
Experience with Linux/Unix environments.
Architect:
Required Education and Experience
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Healthcare Informatics, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of experience in healthcare interoperability, integration engineering, or enterprise architecture.
5+ years of experience designing and supporting enterprise integration solutions in a healthcare environment.
Significant experience with enterprise integration engines such as InterSystems IRIS for Health
Significant experience with Epic Bridges, Epic Interconnect, Epic App Orchard, or equivalent Epic interoperability technologies.
Experience designing and implementing secure HL7v2, FHIR, RESTful APIs, JSON/XML, SFTP, and event-driven integration architectures.
Experience leading complex technical initiatives and coordinating across multiple stakeholders and departments.
Experience with healthcare security and compliance frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, TEFCA)
Required Credentials
N/A.
Preferred
Epic Bridges Certification
InterSystems IRIS for Health Certification
Experience with SMART on FHIR applications and OAuth2/OpenID Connect
Experience with Cloud API Gateway technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure) and modern integration patterns
Experience supporting large-scale production integration environments
Experience with healthcare vendor solution assessments and interoperability governance
Experience with DevOps, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, or automation frameworks
Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled healthcare automation workflows
Compensation Range
$97,665.00 - $194,988.00 per year
Salary Information
This compensation range was calculated based on full-time employment (2080 hours worked per calendar year). Offers are determined by multiple factors including equity, skills, experience, and expertise, and may vary within the range provided.
Disclaimer for Out of State Applicants
This compensation range is specific to Seattle, positions located outside of Seattle may be compensated differently depending on various factors
Benefits Information
Seattle Children's offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 403(b), life insurance, paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more. Additional details on our benefits can be found on our website www.seattlechildrens.org/careers/benefits.
