Principal Software Engineer, athenaCollector

athenahealth; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a progressive and innovation-driven software company that is transforming healthcare. As a Principal Software Engineer, you will play a key role in the athenaCollector team, where you will develop technology solutions that automate Revenue Cycle Management. This is an exciting opportunity to lead design and development efforts, mentor fellow engineers, and contribute to a platform that manages billions in client revenue. With a commitment to flexible work-life balance and a values-driven culture, this role offers a unique chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare industry. If you are passionate about software engineering and eager to innovate, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with significant skills.
• Proficient in modern programming languages and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development on an agile team of engineers.
• Mentor team members and oversee project completion.

Skills

Software Engineering

Agile Methodologies

Java

ReactJS

SQL

RESTful API

AWS

Unix/Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Terraform

Kafka

Job description

Principal Software Engineer, athenaCollector

Pay Competitive

Location: Watertown/Massachusetts

Employment type: Full-Time

Job Description

• Req#: R7591

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Athenahealth is a progressive, innovation-driven software company. We maintain a unique values-driven employee culture and offer flexible work-life balance. As evidence of our rapid growth and industry leadership, we were acquired for $17B in 2022 and we have many new strategic product initiatives for 2023.

We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our athenaCollector team.

In athenaCollector, we build technology solutions that automate Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). 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. This team is committed to 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 the 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

• 8+ years of experience with significant software engineering skills and computer science experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language; relational databases, with modern UI frameworks helpful.
• We work in Agile TDD environments, so any Agile experience or CI/CD concepts is helpful.
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, AWS, and broad technologies are all helpful.
• We are flexible and hire engineers with varied backgrounds, but hands-on experience in Java-based technologies and React Native APIs, ReactJS, JavaScript or ECMAScript (OOJS) and JSX, are very desirable.
• Prior experience with Spring Boot framework, PostgreSQL, AWS EC2, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Terraform or similar technology is desirable.

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