Principal Software Engineer

ZipRecruiter; England; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare technology company is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their athenaCollector team in the UK. This role focuses on building payment solutions and requires expertise in full stack application development, particularly in Java and ReactJS. Ideal candidates will have at least 10 years of experience and be strong communicators capable of mentoring team members. The company promotes a positive work culture with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Commuter support

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Java technologies.
• Knowledge of SQL, RESTful API, and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Produce technical design specifications.
• Lead design and development on an agile team.
• Mentor team members to promote productivity.

Skills

Software engineering

Communication

Agile methodologies

Domain expertise

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Java

ReactJS

Linux

AWS

Job description

Overview

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 Principal Software Engineer to join our athenaCollector team. In athenaCollector we build technology solutions that help patients to make payments using various payment modes. This Collector team is implementing the PCI compliant Credit Card payment collection, cheque or ACH modes of payment and brings financial visibility of health care services. You are a principal developer with extensive experience in designing and building full stack enterprise applications, preferably in public and private cloud environment. You are an excellent communicator and nimble learner who embraces the challenges and complexity of working in the healthcare or payment space.

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. This Zone is committed to building new and exciting capabilities to improve how we help health practices collect the right patient insurance, understand eligibility benefits, improve cost transparency, drive effective billing workflows, and offer flexible payment solutions. This team is focused on making the billing and payment process simple, transparent, and flexible for both healthcare practices and their patients.

Job Responsibilities

• Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications with appropriate detail. Lead design and development 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 oversee efforts across the team to ensure completion.

Typical Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with significant software engineering skills and computer science experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with Java based technologies and ReactJS / Angular; JavaScript is desirable.
• Knowledge of Linux, SQL, RESTful API, AWS (EC2, Docker, Kubernetes) and broad technologies.
• Prior experience with Perl, Spring Boot framework, PostgreSQL, Terraform or similar technology is desirable.

Agile experience or CI/CD concepts is desirable.

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 historic, 19th-century arsenals to converted power plants, athenahealth’s offices were chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote a positive work environment. Our 10 offices across the United States and India—plus numerous remote employees—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 is serious. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare, giving us a chance to create healthier futures for everyone.

Our vibrant and talented employees—"athenistas"—bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, fostering an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best self to work. We are small enough that individual contributions stand out, but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability.

Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform supports food security, expands access to high-quality healthcare, and supports STEM education. We partner with nonprofit organizations to foster long-term collaboration and charitable giving, employee volunteering, insight sharing, and cross-team engagement.

What can we do for you?

Along with health and financial benefits, athenaistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces— some offices even welcome dogs.

We sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenaistas with a company culture based on learning, supportive teams, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.

We also encourage a better work-life balance with flexibility. While in-office collaboration is valuable, not all work needs to be done on-site. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that is fulfilling and productive for each individual.

athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation for those with a need to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at [e-mail] for assistance.

https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity