FHIR Software Engineer

The Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resource (FHIR) standard is changing healthcare – enabling the sharing of data using modern computer technologies and setting the stage for new technologies including artificial intelligence.

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Want to change healthcare with cutting edge digital technologies?

The Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resource (FHIR) standard is changing healthcare – enabling the sharing of data using modern computer technologies and setting the stage for new technologies including artificial intelligence.

• Would you like to utilise your skills developing FHIR software and solutions to deliver high-impact solutions within the area of integration, reference implementations, and tooling?
• Do you feel excited about FHIR, interoperability, systems integration, and keen to enable exchange of digital health information across the AU health sector?
• Are you eager to create, standardise and maintain national and international FHIR standards to support exchange of digital health information?
• Are you interested in developing tools to support the implementer community in their adoption of FHIR standards?

Then come, be a part of the wider CSIRO’s Health and Biosecurity business and join CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) in transforming the way healthcare is delivered and contribute to multiple projects undertaken within AEHRC and our partner organisations.

Life at AEHRC and how you can be part of our mission

Over the last two decades CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) mission has been to develop new digital technologies to transform health. Inspired by a team of Australia’s brightest research scientists and thinkers, a collective culture and links to leading national health and tech agencies, we are determined to revolutionise the way Australia and the world do healthcare – one solution at a time. We thrive on a culture of can-do, collaboration and communication. And we’re growing. We would love to hear from you.
We are committed to continuously building a diverse, inclusive and flexible working environment where all our people are supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

The opportunity that we are offering

The growth of digital health and digital health innovation means our centre has multiple projects and future commitments to deliver, and we constantly need to expand our team.
We have an opportunity for people who are passionate about using the FHIR standard. This includes engineers with a combination of multiple skills and domain expertise. Joining our multidisciplinary FHIR Accelerator team, you will be a part of the AEHRC team and work with our collaborators and stakeholders in the creation, development, management and support of open data exchange standards and capabilities to meet the current and future needs for Australia’s health system.
Locations are available across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Canberra with salary at a competitive market rate plus up to 15.4% superannuation.
As a part of this team, you will contribute to multiple projects undertaken within the AEHRC. Some of our projects include the development of an open ecosystem platform with FHIR sandbox environments, reference implementations, and test tooling to support standards development and implementer adoption. For full details about this role, please review the Position Description.
Last quarter we advertised this position but did not find any suitable talent hence, we are readvertising the same position with the expectation of revisiting the ever-changing and dynamic talent marketplace. Applicants who have previously applied for this position need not re-apply.

Are you a fit?

We are seeking FHIR Software Engineers with varied levels of experience and expertise due to the variety of available opportunities. If you possess a combination of some of these skills and experiences that we are seeking below, then apply now to register your interest!

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science or equivalent field work experience in the area of health data engineering
• Familiarity with the design and development of FHIR implementation guides
• Demonstrated experience in the health domain and HL7 standards (especially with HL7’s FHIR Specification) and knowledge of the healthcare IT domain, particularly in systems interoperability and integration.
• Demonstrated experience testing software interfaces and APIs
• Ability to undertake QA review and contribute to the continuous improvement of a test harness based on lessons learnt, emerging requirements, advancing test methodologies and technologies.
• Ability to configure automated build and deployment pipelines to integrate testing with the development workflow.
• Ability to work with the team to establish mechanisms for managing test data and environments required for testing.
• Ability to develop and maintain API conformance testing applications.
• Experience working within a team participating in an agile software development process.

Prior knowledge or proven experience with any of these specific technical skills like:

• experience with the HL7 FHIR standard.
• experience with Git and working on mobile automation, app development, or iOS development
• knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Swift, JavaScript, or Shell, and Ruby
• developing and managing software in a cloud environment, such as AWS, GCP, Azure or OpenStack experience with Configuration management or infrastructure as code tools, such as Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Puppet or Chef
• experience with front-end technologies e.g. React, Vue.js, Knockout, or Angular

Who is eligible to express their interest  

If you are residing in Australia, and an Australian or New Zealand Citizen or Australian Permanent, feel free to apply. Appointment to this role is subject to the provision of a national police check and may be subject to other security/medical/character requirements.

Flexible working arrangements

We work flexibly at CSIRO, offering a range of options for how, when and where you work.

Diversity and inclusion

We are working hard to recruit people representing the diversity across our society, and ensure that all our people feel supported to do their best work and feel empowered to let their ideas flourish.

About CSIRO

At CSIRO Australia’s national science agency, we solve the greatest challenges through innovative science and technology. We put the safety and wellbeing of our people above all else and earn trust everywhere because we only deal in facts. We collaborate widely and generously and deliver solutions with real impact.
CSIRO is committed to values-based leadership to inspire performance and unlock the potential of our people.
Join us and start creating tomorrow today!

Where to from here

If you haven’t applied earlier and are interested in the FHIR opportunities within AEHRC, and meet a few of the above role requirements, please apply to register your interest!  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates are also welcome to contact our Indigenous Talent lead at IndigenousCareers@csiro.au for more information.

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