Lead Frontend Software Engineer – Patient Portal & Payment

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 Software Engineer to join our team of developers building the next generation of Patient Portal and Payment applications. You are a senior level developer who demonstrates design & engineering excellence and has experience building full-stack web applications, preferably in public and private cloud environments. You are an excellent communicator and nimble learner who embraces the challenges and complexity of working in the healthcare space.

The Team

The Patient Portal and the Payment Org provides a comprehensive suite of tools for patients to:

• Review lab results and submit medical forms
• Securely message their providers
• Quickly and securely pay their providers for treatments and provide insight into their past payments
• Manage their health information

Come join this innovative team that is moving quickly to meet the fast-growing market demand.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate inclusively with cross-functional team members to develop product solutions and promote productivity and effectiveness
• Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert; share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization
• Provide technical leadership and contribute individually to code and systems design
• Take ownership of what the team builds and lead efforts to ensure proper adoption 
• Stay up to date with the latest browser capabilities, industry best practices, and advances in AI
• Mentor, coach, advise, and lead engineering team members

Typical Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise
• Extensive web application development experience with a focus on the frontend (e.g., React, MicroFrontend architecture)
• Extensive experience writing and debugging modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Strong focus on delivering high-quality code that is readable, scalable, performant, and accessible
• Good problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Experience leading team/technical projects including technical design, scoping, and estimation
• Strong communication skills with a variety of audiences
• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise-level Design Systems
• Experience with build systems (e.g., Webpack, Vite) and CI/CD deployment pipelines (e.g., Jenkins)
• Experience with testing frameworks (e.g., Jest, Playwright)

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 comfortabl