Senior Software Engineer, Software Development and AI, athenaCollector
athenahealthAbout the role
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 Senior Software Engineer to join our athenaCollector team.
In athenaCollector, we build technology solutions that automate (RCM) Revenue Cycle Management. This Collector team is implementing the underlying medical back-office processes to automate and integrate the unique claims cycle requirements.
The Team: The athenaCollector product builds a critical part of the athenaOne platform, which helps our medical provider clients manage their business and revenue cycle (RCM), automating claims and billing for well over $200 billion in client revenue.
Job Responsibilities
Design, development, and delivery of Java-based backend services integrated with AI-powered components leveraging GenAI technologies such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, and LlamaIndex.
Build and maintain scalable Java applications using Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring seamless integration with AI-driven microservices and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) models.
Collaborate with AI engineers to incorporate vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB) and AI retrieval pipelines into enterprise software.
Develop, optimize, and deploy LLM prompt engineering solutions, embedding models, and AI-enhanced workflows targeting healthcare domain challenges in RCM and beyond.
Estimate development efforts considering AI model inference latency, API rate limits, and backend service performance requirements.
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews to ensure timely delivery of AI-enabled Java features with high quality and adherence to coding standards.
Adhere to AI governance, ethical AI practices, security compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2), and maintain AI model evaluation and benchmarking (BLEU, ROUGE, cosine similarity) as integral parts of the development lifecycle.
Typical Qualifications
4 years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise
Hands on experience in developing product with AI/GenAI integration.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related fields.
Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational SQL and NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure).
Strong experience with AI frameworks/APIs including OpenAI GPT, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex.
Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) concepts, LLM prompt engineering, embeddings, and vector similarity search using Pinecone, FAISS, or ChromaDB.
Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments, big data pipelines, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices in Agile settings.
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and optimize AI model APIs, AI workflows, and Java backend services with attention to scalability, latency, and security.
Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach working with cross-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
Expected Compensation
$119,000 - $203,000The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.
About athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosys
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