Lead Software Engineer – Patient Record and Insight

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

We are looking for a Lead Engineer to join our Clinicals product team within our Patient Record and Insights organization. Our team builds code that matters, working on doctors’ workflows that are used by over 100,000 healthcare providers daily. This team is innovative, passionate, and driven by our mission to help make an impact.  We develop workflows that prioritize the doctor/patient interactions and gives doctors more time doing what attracted many to medicine in the first place: providing patient care.

As an engineer on the athenaClinicals Patient Record and Insights team, you will have the opportunity to work on a broad range of product components and workflows used by doctors and clinicians, such as; medical history documentation for example allergies or the problem list, patient risk management, coordination of patient care, and workflows to help providers prepare for patient visits in ambulatory settings.
 
Job Responsibilities
 
You are a developer with experience building full stack web applications, preferably in public and private cloud environments. You are an excellent communicator that is capable of quickly picking up the complicated healthcare space. You are a tenacious, but nimble learner, who demonstrates design & engineering excellence.

• Lead, design and develop code on an agile team of Engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and Experience Designer
• Collaborate, mentor and advise team members to promote productivity and effectiveness; share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization
• Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert. Take ownership of what the team builds and coordinate efforts across the teams to ensure proper completion

Typical Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language; relational databases, with modern UI frameworks helpful
• Familiarity working in Agile methodologies and CI/DC
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, Java, and AI is helpful

About athenahealth

Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.  

What’s unique about our locations? 
From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together. 
 
Our company culture might be our best feature. 
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.  

Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work. 

Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our