Principal Architect, Interoperability - Remote

Primary Responsibilities

• Review and prioritize HL7 FHIR Connectathon tracks aligned to UHC/Optum business needs, products, and interoperability roadmap
• Meet with UHC/Optum HL7 voting members, HL7 Work Group (WG) participants, and the Interoperability Community of Practice (CoP) to vet proposed tracks and identify the teams/solutions that would benefit from participation
• Proactively reach out to identified UHC/Optum teams and solution owners to socialize relevant tracks, assess interest and readiness, and secure participation commitments
• Cook up and coordinate logistics, test data, sandbox access, scope, and timelines for UHC/Optum teams; ensure prerequisites (SMART App Launch, CDS Hooks, Bulk Data) are in place for successful testing
• Partner with security, platform, and DevOps teams to stand up and manage publicly accessible testing environments, addressing privacy, compliance, risk, and monitoring requirements
• Attend pre-Connectathon track meetings; attend the Connectathon; guide team testing activities, triage issues, capture results, and drive follow-ups with track leads and HL7 WGs
• Provide hands-on guidance for implementing FHIR-based applications and services; ensure alignment with standards (RESTful APIs, OAuth 20 / SMART) and best practices
• Document lessons learned, interoperability gaps, and recommendations; translate outcomes into actionable backlogs, standards updates, and product roadmaps
• Maintain relationships with HL7 WGs, track leads, and ecosystem partners; represent UHC/Optum interests and promote interoperability advancements

Required Qualifications

• Solid Understanding of FHIR Standards
• Hands-on experience with FHIR-based functionalities such as CDS Hooks, SMART App Launch, and FHIR Bulk Data (Flat FHIR/NDJSON)
• Proven experience developing FHIR-based applications and/or FHIR services, including implementation, testing, and deployment
• Demonstrated understanding and practical experience with the HL7 FHIR Standard (resources, profiles, operations) and related technologies: RESTful FHIR APIs and OAuth 20 (including SMART App Launch)
• Experience setting up and operating publicly accessible testing environments, with solid awareness of privacy, security, and compliance considerations (e.g. risk assessment, data minimization, secure configuration, monitoring)
• Proven ability to set up FHIR servers, test endpoints and use tools like Postman or Touchstone
• Proven skills mapping legacy data to FHIR resources
• Understanding of Connectathons, tracks, testing scenarios, and reporting
• Familiarity with HL7 community processes (e.g., Connectathons, Work Groups, ballots) and the ability to translate event outcomes into organizational value
• Familiarity with HL7 registration, test scripts, and sandbox environments
• Proven ability to identify tracks relevant to UHC goals
• Proven ability to coordinate multi-team participation across product, engineering, security, and standards/governance groups; solid facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Proven solid analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to synthesize complex technical details into clear actions and artifacts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience participating in or leading HL7 FHIR Connectathon tracks and collaborating with HL7 WG leads
• Experience working within large enterprises (e.g., matrixed orgs like UHC/Optum) to drive cross-functional outcomes
• Understanding of clinical data exchange, terminology standards (SNOMED-CT, LOINC, ICD-10) and regulatory requirements
• Knowledge of healthcare data and interoperability domains (e.g., clinical workflows, payer/provider use cases, prior authorization, quality measurement)
• Awareness of common FHIR use cases like patient access, clinical decision support, and EHR integration
• Exposure to security and privacy frameworks relevant to healthcare (e.g., HIPAA), and practices such as threat modeling, secure SDLC, and zero-trust principles
• Familiarity with DevOps/SRE practices and tooling (CI/CD, API gateways, observability) used to operate FHIR services at scale
• Proven contributions to standards, implementation guides, or community artifacts (e.g., track proposals, IG feedback, reference implementations)

Pay and Benefits

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

The salary for this role will range from $134,600 - $230,800 annually based on full-time employment.

We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.