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At hMetrix, we are transforming healthcare through data-driven solutions. We are seeking a Senior Healthcare Interoperability Engineer to lead the development and deployment of enterprise data pipelines. In this role, you will lead the transformation of complex, legacy billing and administrative datasets into modern, standard-compliant HL7 FHIR data structures, ultimately exposing them via secure APIs. You will be the crucial bridge between public and private healthcare policies, data architecture, and modern API delivery. Leveraging cutting-edge cloud technologies, you will collaborate with and mentor a hybrid team of up to five analysts, software developers, and database architects. Your success will be measured by your ability to deliver efficient, secure, and compliant interoperability ecosystems for our clients and their beneficiaries.
Strategy & Interoperability Design
- Map & Architect Pipelines: Analyze raw healthcare administrative and transactional source systems (including demographics, encounters, enrollment, and provider directories) and construct comprehensive data mapping matrices to target FHIR resources.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with program managers, clinical policy experts, and downstream API consumers to gather requirements and translate regulatory specifications into executable technical roadmaps.
Technical Execution & Data Transformation
- High-Performance PySpark ETL: Design, review, and optimize robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, and PySpark to ingest, clean, and map massive healthcare transactional datasets.
- FHIR: Oversee the translation of relational database tables or staging schemas into valid FHIR payloads, ensuring clean serialization, data validation, and optimal payload structure.
- API Delivery Integration: Coordinate with software developers and cloud architects to load validated FHIR resources into high-performance FHIR storage solutions and servers to support outward-facing RESTful APIs.
Validation & Governance
- Compliance & Schema Validation: Enforce strict validation protocols to ensure all generated FHIR resources conform to the relevant national and industry-standard Implementation Guides (IGs).
- Monitoring & Optimizing: Proactively monitor the transformation pipeline's performance and system load, systematically identifying and resolving bottlenecks in large-scale data processing.
- Data Governance & Security: Maintain rigorous compliance with HIPAA and relevant privacy regulations, especially regarding access scopes, secure identity management, and the protection of protected health information (PHI).
What You'll Bring
Required:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Healthcare Informatics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Core Experience: A minimum of four years of direct experience working in the healthcare domain (payers, providers, state health agencies, or health tech) with deep expertise in administrative healthcare claims and enrollment data.
- Technical Mastery: A minimum of four years of direct experience writing advanced SQL, Python, and PySpark scripts to manage and transform large-scale datasets.
- Cloud Proficiency: A minimum of two years of direct experience authoring cloud native data pipelines to manage and transform large-scale datasets.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Interoperability & Standards: Practical, hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR resources, profiles, and implementation guides, alongside standard clinical, administrative, and billing terminologies (including standard diagnostic, procedure, and pharmacy code sets).
- Security Standards: Understanding of modern secure authorization frameworks, federated identity standards (OAuth2, OIDC), and secure API access protocols.
Why You'll Love Working at hMetrix
We invest in our team's success and well-being. Here’s what we offer:
- Financial Wellness: A competitive base salary, annual bonus opportunities, and a fully vested 401(k) with a generous employer match.
- Comprehensive Health: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents.
- Work-Life & Flexibility: A hybrid (in-office/remote) schedule with the flexibility of intra-day breaks of up to two hours.
- Professional Growth: Real opportunities for advancement, supported by continuous mentorship and a strong peer-support network.
About hMetrix
For over two decades, hMetrix has been at the forefront of healthcare analytics. We partner with providers, payers, HIEs, and state entities to solve real-world healthcare problems. Our work spans robust data collection, scalable integration, healthcare policy support, reimbursement, data science, and intuitive visualization. We are a diverse, family-friendly team focused on inclusion, growth, and making a tangible impact.
Our Recent Interoperability Impact:
- Large-Scale Portals: Serve as a key technology partner to over ten state entities, managing complex, secure B2B state healthcare portals and specialized HIE solutions.
- Rapid Modernization: Reduced big-data processing time by over 90% through advanced technology and cloud automation.
- Beneficiary Impact: Supported policy and integration initiatives to improve care and data transparency for over 20 million beneficiaries.
Location: 150 Monument Road, Suite 203, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
About This Role
At hMetrix, we are transforming healthcare through data-driven solutions. We are seeking a Senior Healthcare Interoperability Engineer to lead the development and deployment of enterprise data pipelines. In this role, you will lead the transformation of complex, legacy billing and administrative datasets into modern, standard-compliant HL7 FHIR data structures, ultimately exposing them via secure APIs. You will be the crucial bridge between public and private healthcare policies, data architecture, and modern API delivery. Leveraging cutting-edge cloud technologies, you will collaborate with and mentor a hybrid team of up to five analysts, software developers, and database architects. Your success will be measured by your ability to deliver efficient, secure, and compliant interoperability ecosystems for our clients and their beneficiaries.
Strategy & Interoperability Design
- Map & Architect Pipelines: Analyze raw healthcare administrative and transactional source systems (including demographics, encounters, enrollment, and provider directories) and construct comprehensive data mapping matrices to target FHIR resources.
- Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with program managers, clinical policy experts, and downstream API consumers to gather requirements and translate regulatory specifications into executable technical roadmaps.
Technical Execution & Data Transformation
- High-Performance PySpark ETL: Design, review, and optimize robust ETL/ELT pipelines using Python, SQL, and PySpark to ingest, clean, and map massive healthcare transactional datasets.
- FHIR: Oversee the translation of relational database tables or staging schemas into valid FHIR payloads, ensuring clean serialization, data validation, and optimal payload structure.
- API Delivery Integration: Coordinate with software developers and cloud architects to load validated FHIR resources into high-performance FHIR storage solutions and servers to support outward-facing RESTful APIs.
Validation & Governance
- Compliance & Schema Validation: Enforce strict validation protocols to ensure all generated FHIR resources conform to the relevant national and industry-standard Implementation Guides (IGs).
- Monitoring & Optimizing: Proactively monitor the transformation pipeline's performance and system load, systematically identifying and resolving bottlenecks in large-scale data processing.
- Data Governance & Security: Maintain rigorous compliance with HIPAA and relevant privacy regulations, especially regarding access scopes, secure identity management, and the protection of protected health information (PHI).
What You'll Bring
Required:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Healthcare Informatics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Core Experience: A minimum of four years of direct experience working in the healthcare domain (payers, providers, state health agencies, or health tech) with deep expertise in administrative healthcare claims and enrollment data.
- Technical Mastery: A minimum of four years of direct experience writing advanced SQL, Python, and PySpark scripts to manage and transform large-scale datasets.
- Cloud Proficiency: A minimum of two years of direct experience authoring cloud native data pipelines to manage and transform large-scale datasets.
Nice-to-Haves:
- Interoperability & Standards: Practical, hands-on experience with HL7 FHIR resources, profiles, and implementation guides, alongside standard clinical, administrative, and billing terminologies (including standard diagnostic, procedure, and pharmacy code sets).
- Security Standards: Understanding of modern secure authorization frameworks, federated identity standards (OAuth2, OIDC), and secure API access protocols.
Why You'll Love Working at hMetrix
We invest in our team's success and well-being. Here’s what we offer:
- Financial Wellness: A competitive base salary, annual bonus opportunities, and a fully vested 401(k) with a generous employer match.
- Comprehensive Health: 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents.
- Work-Life & Flexibility: A hybrid (in-office/remote) schedule with the flexibility of intra-day breaks of up to two hours.
- Professional Growth: Real opportunities for advancement, supported by continuous mentorship and a strong peer-support network.
About hMetrix
For over two decades, hMetrix has been at the forefront of healthcare analytics. We partner with providers, payers, HIEs, and state entities to solve real-world healthcare problems. Our work spans robust data collection, scalable integration, healthcare policy support, reimbursement, data science, and intuitive visualization. We are a diverse, family-friendly team focused on inclusion, growth, and making a tangible impact.
Our Recent Interoperability Impact:
- Large-Scale Portals: Serve as a key technology partner to over ten state entities, managing complex, secure B2B state healthcare portals and specialized HIE solutions.
- Rapid Modernization: Reduced big-data processing time by over 90% through advanced technology and cloud automation.
- Beneficiary Impact: Supported policy and integration initiatives to improve care and data transparency for over 20 million beneficiaries.
Location: 150 Monument Road, Suite 203, Bala Cynwyd, PA 19004
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Get your credentials evaluated before applying
Foreign nursing and allied health degrees must be evaluated by a USCIS-recognized body like CGFNS before PERM can proceed. Start the credential evaluation at least six months before targeting employers, since delays here stall the entire green card filing.
Target hospitals with established PERM filing histories
Large hospital systems and multi-site health networks file PERM applications regularly and have in-house immigration counsel. Prioritize employers whose job postings explicitly mention EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship, not just H-1B visa, since PERM sponsorship requires a separate internal commitment.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for green card sponsoring healthcare employers
Search Migrate Mate to find healthcare employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. Filtering by role and sponsorship type saves you from applying to facilities that only offer temporary visa support.
Check the OFLC Wage Search before negotiating your offer
Your offered salary must meet the DOL prevailing wage for your specific role and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify the wage level tied to your position before signing an offer, since your employer will need to certify this wage in the PERM application.
Negotiate who covers PERM recruitment advertising costs
PERM requires the employer to run a mandatory recruitment campaign proving no qualified U.S. workers are available. Clarify upfront whether the employer absorbs these legal and advertising costs, since some smaller healthcare facilities attempt to pass them to the candidate, which DOL regulations prohibit.
Understand how your O*NET occupation code affects EB category
Your specific healthcare occupation code, found in O*NET, determines whether your role qualifies as EB-2 or EB-3. Roles requiring an advanced clinical degree or specialized judgment may qualify for EB-2, shortening your wait time in countries with backlogs.
Green Card Healthcare: Frequently Asked Questions
What is the typical timeline for a healthcare green card through PERM?
The PERM process alone takes 12 to 18 months from filing to certification under current DOL processing times. After certification, your employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS, which adds several months. If your priority date is current, you can then file for adjustment of status. Total timelines commonly run two to four years depending on your nationality and EB category.
How does EB-3 green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for healthcare workers?
H-1B is temporary and subject to an annual lottery with no guarantee of selection. EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency and has no lottery. There is an annual EB-3 visa cap per country, which creates backlogs for applicants from high-demand countries like India and China, but most other nationalities face minimal wait times at the EB-3 level.
Can I search for healthcare employers that specifically sponsor EB-2 or EB-3 green cards?
Yes. Migrate Mate lets you filter healthcare job listings by employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history, so you aren't spending time on facilities that only offer H-1B or no sponsorship at all. Targeting employers with existing PERM infrastructure significantly reduces the risk of delays caused by inexperienced immigration counsel.
Do all healthcare roles qualify for the PERM-based green card process?
Most skilled healthcare roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a clinical field qualify for EB-3, and those requiring a master's degree or higher may qualify for EB-2. Roles like certified nursing assistants or medical assistants that do not require a full degree may not qualify for EB-3 as professionals, but could still qualify under the skilled worker subcategory depending on specific duties and employer requirements.
What happens to my PERM case if I change healthcare employers mid-process?
If you change employers before the I-140 is approved, the PERM certification is typically lost and the new employer must restart the process from the beginning. However, if your I-140 has been approved for more than 180 days, portability rules under AC21 may allow you to transfer the priority date to a new employer in a same or similar healthcare occupation, protecting your place in the visa queue.