Principal Full Stack Engineer

Position Overview

The Healthcare Technologies team builds solutions that enable healthcare-specific 
platform capabilities for on-premise and cloud offerings. This development role in the 
Database Platforms department will contribute to the InterSystems IRIS for Health and 
InterSystems Health Connect products.

The Healthcare Technologies team needs an experienced full-stack developer who can 
architect and maintain a suite of Angular applications for users of the FHIR server and FHIR 
repository including interface engineers, data analysts and system administrators. 
These applications are a critical part of our strategy to compete in the modern healthcare 
industry.

It is an exciting time to be working on these applications because FHIR is the leading 
healthcare data standard and is constantly evolving. InterSystems is a leader in healthcare 
technology and aims to build industry leading solutions.

You are encouraged to apply if this role sounds interesting to you, even if you have doubts 
about being a competitive candidate. InterSystems prides itself on investing in its team 
members.

This position is in the InterSystems headquarters in Cambridge, MA.

Responsibilities 
A developer in this role is expected to:
• Define requirements from abstract needs created by product management.
• Lead architectural decision-making related to the user interface and the backend.
• Design technical solutions in collaboration with a small team of developers and UX 
designers.
• Implement product changes and automated tests and be accountable for the 
quality of their code.
• Follow the team’s development workflow including use of source control, code 
reviews, and clear documentation.
• Estimate project scope, report on progress, and proactively manage expectations 
on delivery timelines.
• Demonstrate deep knowledge of FHIR technologies and establish themselves as a 
subject matter expert and a point of contact for other teams.
• Mentor junior developers.
• Regularly communicate with the Data Platforms Developer Tools team and with 
fellow contributors to the UI framework shared across the company.
• Occasionally communicate with the release engineering team responsible for 
continuous integration infrastructure and product packaging and distribution. 

The technology stack includes Angular, TypeScript, ObjectScript and InterSystems IRIS.

Position Requirements 
• College degree in a technical field like computer engineering or computer science.
• 5+ years of experience with Angular or other web frameworks.
• 5+ years of experience with Python, Java or a similar programming language.
• Experience developing secure REST APIs.
• Motivated to contribute to the platform’s industry leading position.
• Motivated to learn and adopt new tools and technologies, especially in the cloud.
• Able to communicate strategy, designs, and tradeo8s to management and peers.
• Self-driven and confident in their skills.
• Motivated by excellence and constant improvement.

Preferred Qualifications 
• Graduate degree with 7+ years of experience.
• Professional experience building secure web services with OAuth 2.0.
• Professional experience with micro-service architecture.
• Professional experience with health messaging standards like FHIR.
• Professional experience with ObjectScript.
• Professional experience with healthcare IT interface engineering

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity or expression or any other legally protected category. InterSystems is an E-Verify Employer in the United States.