Senior Software Engineer, Specialties

athenahealth
Boston, MA
Job Description
Join athenahealth as a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to building reliable, scalable full-stack solutions that improve care delivery and practice operations.

Requirements

  • Develop full-stack features and services using Java, React, and other platform technologies.
  • Implement, test, and maintain backend services and APIs; contribute to GraphQL schema and resolver development.
  • Deploy and operate applications on cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure acceptable).
  • Collaborate with product and design to translate requirements into technical solutions and deliver iteratively.
  • Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning to ensure maintainability and reliability.
  • Improve observability, monitoring, and incident response practices for services you own.
  • Apply software engineering best practices across the SDLC, including automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Leverage AI tools thoughtfully to accelerate development tasks, augment problem solving, and inform technical decisions.
  • Learn and adopt Perl as needed for legacy integration work; contribute to modernization efforts.
  • Mentor more junior engineers through pairing, feedback, and knowledge sharing.
  • Assist with performance tuning and capacity planning for services under active development.
  • Contribute to team technical roadmaps and help prioritize technical debt reduction.
  • Help onboard new engineers and provide practical orientation on codebase and processes.
  • Support cross-team initiatives that span multiple services or domains.
  • Participate in occasional on-call rotations or production incident response as required.
  • Research and prototype new libraries, frameworks, or tools that could improve team productivity.
  • Document architecture decisions, runbooks, and API specifications for cross-team consumption.

Benefits

  • Commuter support
  • Employee assistance programs
  • Tuition assistance
  • Employee resource groups
  • Collaborative workspaces
  • Dogs are welcomed
  • Health and financial benefits
  • Flexible work hours
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