Frontend Architect — React Rearchitecture Lead

athenahealth; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a Lead Member of Technical Staff in Boston, MA to anchor a team building a modern React-based frontend platform for Clinicals. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding architecture standards in a hybrid work setting.

You will help migrate existing frontend code to a unified React architecture, drive testing and deployment readiness, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver user-centered

Qualifications

• 6 years of professional frontend software development experience, including technical leadership
• Deep proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript in large-scale frontend environments
• Extensive experience building React.js-based applications with state management and design system integration
• Hands-on experience with GraphQL for client-side data fetching and API integration
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly in a hybrid work setting

Responsibilities

• Lead frontend design and delivery of features and platform components using React.js and TypeScript
• Mentor frontend engineers on implementation practices, code quality, and conventions
• Define frontend architecture patterns, component libraries, and engineering standards
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to shape technical direction
• Drive code reviews, testing standards, and deployment readiness
• Lead migration efforts toward a unified React-based frontend architecture
• Collaborate across teams to align APIs, data contracts, and pipelines

Skills

JavaScript

TypeScript

React.js

Frontend architecture

Mentoring/leadership

Code review

GraphQL

Node.js

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering or related field

Tools

GraphQL

Node.js

Jenkins

Harness

Oracle databases

Job description

athenahealth is seeking a Lead Member of Technical Staff in Boston, MA to anchor a team building a modern React-based frontend platform for Clinicals. The role blends hands-on engineering with technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding architecture standards in a hybrid work setting.

You will help migrate existing frontend code to a unified React architecture, drive testing and deployment readiness, and collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to deliver user-centered