Forward Deployed Engineer, Pharmacy Integrations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Create and sustain integrations between Bask Health's platform and external pharmacy systems.

• Collaborate with engineering, product, and pharmacy operations teams to grasp technical integration specifications.

• Design backend services, APIs, and integration functionalities utilizing TypeScript, Node.js, or similar technologies.

• Facilitate workflows related to prescription transmission, pharmacy routing, and order processing.

• Share prescription-related information among connected applications.

• Monitor pharmacy order status and fulfillment updates.

• Connect external pharmacy services through REST APIs, webhooks, and other communication methods.

• Execute data mapping and transformation between Bask's platform and pharmacy systems.

• Ensure reliable synchronization of prescription and fulfillment information.

• Investigate and resolve prescription data, API requests, and integration issues.

• Partner with backend engineers to enhance pharmacy-related application services.

• Utilize SQL databases and application data to support integration workflows.

• Create automated processes to minimize repetitive pharmacy integration tasks.

• Apply validation for precise data exchange between systems.

• Develop error handling, retry mechanisms, and failure recovery processes.

• Ensure secure authentication and authorization for pharmacy integrations.

• Maintain safeguards for sensitive healthcare information.

• Oversee integration reliability, processing failures, and data synchronization challenges.

• Create tools that enhance visibility into pharmacy integration activities and system status.

• Assist in technical discovery and implementation planning for new pharmacy connections.

• Collaborate with pharmacy stakeholders regarding operational requirements and technical constraints.

• Develop reusable integration components for various pharmacy partners.

• Write automated tests for pharmacy integration workflows.

• Document API specifications, data mappings, integration behaviors, and troubleshooting procedures.

• Engage in code reviews and contribute to engineering best practices.

• Enhance integration performance, scalability, and maintainability.

• Take ownership of pharmacy integration projects from development through deployment and maintenance.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in software engineering, integrations engineering, forward deployed engineering, or a similar hands-on technical role.

• Proficient programming experience with JavaScript or TypeScript.

• Experience in developing backend applications, APIs, or services using Node.js or analogous technologies.

• Practical experience in creating integrations between software applications and third-party services.

• Strong grasp of REST APIs, webhooks, and prevalent integration patterns.

• Experience in developing and maintaining production software.

• Familiarity with asynchronous processing and event-driven workflows.

• Experience with SQL databases and relational data.

• Understanding of data mapping, transformation, and synchronization between systems.

• Experience in debugging and troubleshooting API and integration challenges.

• Ability to convert operational requirements into workable technical solutions.

• Familiarity with authentication, authorization, and secure API communication.

• Understanding of application validation, error handling, and reliability.

• Experience in implementing logging, monitoring, or troubleshooting tools.

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and contemporary deployment practices.

• Experience with Git and collaborative development workflows.

• Experience in writing tests and maintaining software quality.

• Strong attention to detail when managing structured data and interconnected systems.

• Ability to independently investigate technical issues.

• Experience collaborating with engineers, product managers, and operational stakeholders.

• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences.

• Strong organizational capabilities and the ability to manage multiple technical priorities.

• Ability to document integration requirements and implementation decisions.

• Strong problem-solving skills and a sense of ownership for assigned projects.

• Comfort working in a fast-paced, remote engineering environment.

• Nice to Have: Previous experience as a Forward Deployed Engineer, Integration Engineer, or Healthcare Software Engineer.

• Nice to Have: Experience integrating pharmacy management systems or prescription processing platforms.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with electronic prescribing and prescription transmission workflows.

• Nice to Have: Understanding of pharmacy fulfillment, dispensing, and order management processes.

• Nice to Have: Experience working with pharmacy partners or healthcare technology vendors.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7 or FHIR.

• Nice to Have: Experience with NCPDP standards or pharmacy-related data exchange formats.

• Nice to Have: Understanding of HIPAA and healthcare data privacy considerations.

• Nice to Have: Experience developing healthcare or telehealth applications.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with prescription routing, medication information, or pharmacy order status workflows.

• Nice to Have: Experience building event-driven integrations or asynchronous processing systems.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, or similar cloud technologies.

• Nice to Have: Experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript in production.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with tRPC, Prisma, or Drizzle ORM.

• Nice to Have: Experience with multi-tenant SaaS architectures.

• Nice to Have: Familiarity with OAuth, API authentication, and webhook security.

• Nice to Have: Experience implementing retry logic, idempotency, and failure recovery for integrations.

• Nice to Have: Experience developing internal monitoring or operational dashboards.

• Nice to Have: Experience transforming custom integrations into reusable platform capabilities.

• Nice to Have: Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous vacation and paid time off policies.

• Flexible remote working opportunities.

• Professional development and training programs.