Staff Software Engineer - Data Platform (HL7) (R37)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 21, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026. R1 RCM scores B on the Alion truth index.
At R1, we’re transforming how healthcare works by combining nearly two decades of revenue cycle expertise with advanced technology, including analytics, AI, intelligent automation and workflow orchestration. We pair that technology with the irreplaceable expertise of our people to help hospitals, health systems and medical groups improve financial performance, simplify administrative complexity and create better experiences for patients and providers.
All Together Better defines our culture and the way we work. We’re a diverse, global team united by a shared mission to make healthcare work better for all. Across technology, operations and support functions, our people bring deep expertise, empathy and ingenuity to the work we do. Here, collaboration fuels progress, adaptability sparks innovation and every voice can help shape what’s next for R1 and the future of healthcare.
About R37
R37 is R1’s AI innovation lab, building technology to transform healthcare.
Our flagship platform, Phare OS, uses AI and automation to improve critical pre-bill workflows, including authorization, utilization management, documentation and coding. By identifying and resolving issues before claims are submitted, Phare OS helps prevent denials, improve reimbursement and move revenue cycle work upstream.
What makes R37 different is the opportunity to build advanced AI at real-world scale. R1 works across 95 of the top 100 U.S. health systems, giving R37 access to the data, workflows and reach needed to make an immediate impact:
- 180M+ claims
- 550M+ patient encounters
- 1.2B+ workflow actions and outcomes annually
This is startup-level ownership with enterprise-level impact. You’ll build technology that moves from idea to real healthcare environments, solving complex problems at scale and changing how healthcare works.
As our Software Engineer, Data Platform (HL7/FHIR), you will be a key member of the engineering team and apply advanced technical knowledge, broad knowledge of software engineering best practices, problem-solving, and creativity to build and maintain software products that achieve technical, business, and customer experience goals. To thrive in this role, you must have the ability and willingness to mentor and develop junior software engineers, and act as a thought leader and trusted subject-matter expert in a variety of technical domains.
Here’s what you will experience working as a Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform (HL7/FHIR):
- Heavily participate in roadmap definition, working closely with senior product and engineering leaders.
- Evaluate and help shape strategic technology direction and choices.
- Provide thoughtful recommendations in sessions with scrum team members to structure solution source code and implementation approaches -emphasizing the need to optimize code that follows engineering best practices, and maximizes maintainability, testability, and performance.
- Work with product management and business stakeholders to understand software requirements and help estimate epics, features, and stories.
- Script and maintain automated build steps, continuous integration systems, and staging environments.
- Willingly and enthusiastically mentor junior members of the development team.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- 10+ years of software engineering or data engineering experience, including 5+ years in a technical leadership or thought-leadership capacity.
- Advanced experience with Apache Spark, Python, Scala, Databricks, and big-data architecture.
- Hands-on experience with HL7, FHIR, Epic, clinical data, and healthcare technology environments.
- Extensive experience with at least one major cloud platform, including Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, or Amazon Web Services.
- Strong knowledge of web services and integration technologies, including XML, XSD, SOAP, JSON, and REST APIs.
- Experience with modern software engineering practices, including version control, automated testing, CI/CD, Agile development, and automated build and deployment processes.
The healthcare system is always evolving - and it’s up to us to use our shared expertise to find new solutions that can keep up. On our growing team you’ll find the opportunity to constantly learn, collaborate across groups and explore new paths for your career.
Our associates are given the chance to contribute, think boldly and create meaningful work that makes a difference in the communities we serve around the world. We go beyond expectations in everything we do. Not only does that drive customer success and improve patient care, but that same enthusiasm is applied to giving back to the community and taking care of our team - including offering a competitive benefits package.
R1 RCM Inc. (“the Company”) is dedicated to the fundamentals of equal employment opportunity. The Company’s employment practices , including those regarding recruitment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, benefits, training, discipline, and termination shall not be based on any person’s age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the Company is dedicated to providing a workplace free from harassment based on any of the foregoing protected categories.
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