Senior Systems Developer (Angular)

About the Role

Syms Strategic Group (SSG) is seeking a talented Senior Systems Developer (Angular) to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in a remote, full-time capacity. This position requires a Public Trust security clearance and is open to experienced professionals with a strong background in back-end integration and front-end development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Build, support, and migrate a cloud-based Web Dashboard application that processes healthcare Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) transactions.
• Design, build, and maintain Representational State Transfer Application Programming Interfaces (RESTful APIs) in Java and/or NodeJS that retrieve, transform, and serve EDI healthcare records.
• Integrate with internal platform APIs, EDI processing pipelines, and data services to deliver live and historical EDI transaction data reliably and performantly.
• Support and contribute to an Angular-based dashboard front-end – consuming APIs, building or maintaining components, and ensuring data is surfaced accurately to business and clinical users.
• Collaborate with back-end C#/.Net and AWS data engineers to define clean API contracts and ensure reliable data delivery across services.
• Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate actively in code review.
• Perform unit and integration testing across back-end services and API layers.
• Support deployment, monitoring, and performance of back-end services in production on AWS.
• Apply and promote best software engineering practices within an Agile framework.
• Use Git and GitHub for version control, branching, pull requests, and collaborative development.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience with Java and/or NodeJS back-end integration work and Angular front-end User Interface (UI).
• An understanding of structured healthcare data.
• Proven experience building back-end services that serve structured EDI or healthcare data to front-end applications.
• Hands-on Angular experience with the ability to integrate APIs and contribute to front-end components.
• Strong back-end development experience in Java and JavaScript/TypeScript/NodeJS – API design, data transformation, error handling, and performance.
• Experience with Angular or another modern front-end framework.
• Proven ability to build RESTful APIs that consume and transform structured data (XML, JSON).
• Working knowledge of Angular, including components, services, and API integration.
• Hands-on Cloud (AWS/Azure) experience, including API Gateway, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, or related services.
• Proficiency with Git/GitHub, including branching strategies, pull requests, and collaborative workflows.
• Experience with unit and integration testing frameworks (JUnit, Jest, or equivalent).
• Strong communication skills and an ability to work with stakeholders and cross-functional engineers to define and refine API requirements.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum and Kanban) and JIRA.
• An ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
• Strong attention to detail, especially around data accuracy and fidelity for healthcare records.
• An ability to conduct code reviews and provide constructive feedback.
• U.S. Citizenship required for this position.
• 8+ years of software development experience with a strong back-end focus (Java and/or NodeJS).
• 8+ years of experience designing and consuming RESTful APIs in healthcare or enterprise environments.

Desired Experience

• Electronic Data Interchange X.12 (EDI) Medical Claims X.12 medical claims (837, 834, 277, etc).
• Familiarity with web document submission processes.
• Experience in a high paced DevOps environment.
• Front-end development experience.
• Familiarity with healthcare payer/Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) systems, clearinghouses, or pharmacy operations.
• Knowledge of HIPAA compliance requirements in API and web applications.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (Section 508/WCAG 2.1) for government-facing applications.
• Experience with containerization (Docker, ECS, EKS).
• Familiarity with C#/.Net back-end services for cross-team integration touchpoints.
• Experience working with remote U.S. based teams (not offshore teams).

Formal Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Citizenship and Security Clearance

• U.S. Citizenship required for this specific opportunity.
• Must possess or qualify for a Public Trust (MBI).

Pay

$85,389 - $116,975