Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview

Join athenahealth as a Senior Software Engineer on the athenaCollector Rules team, where you will help build the software that powers critical revenue cycle management capabilities for healthcare providers. In this hybrid role based in Boston, MA, you will design and deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software that supports claims processing, billing workflows, and operational efficiency across the athenaOne platform.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Design and develop user-facing experiences using React, JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, and CSS with a focus on performance, accessibility, and usability.
• Develop and maintain backend services in Java and Spring Boot that support RCM Rules execution for claims processing.
• Create, optimize, and maintain SQL-based data models and queries for Oracle and PostgreSQL databases.
• Support deployment and operation of containerized services on AWS, including ECS, EKS, EC2, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Partner with platform and SRE teams to strengthen reliability, observability, and operational readiness.
• Apply infrastructure-as-code and DevOps automation practices; Terraform experience is a plus.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers in design discussions, code reviews, and delivery planning.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement durable fixes that reduce operational risk.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to team learning, technical discussions, and engineering best practices.
• Contribute to architectural conversations and help shape technical direction for the product area.
• Produce technical documentation, runbooks, and API documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support performance tuning, scalability testing, and continuous improvement of software quality.
• Explore and apply AI capabilities in engineering workflows and product features, that improve productivity and client outcomes.
• Support deployment and integration activities as needed.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response support as needed.