Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Patient Conversations (Hybrid)

Athenahealth India; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter support

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer in Austin, TX to design and build modern web and service-layer capabilities that support patient communication experiences. You will work in a hybrid model on a stack including React, TypeScript, Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and HAPI FHIR, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.

You’ll collaborate with a small engineering team to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software, participate in reviews, and help drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 4 to 8 years of software development experience building production applications.
• Experience developing modern front-end applications with React and TypeScript.
• Experience building production-grade backend services with Java and Spring Boot.
• Experience with Kafka or similar event streaming / messaging systems.
• Experience working with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases.
• Experience integrating with healthcare interoperability standards or APIs, including HAPI FHIR.
• Experience using build tooling such as Gradle.
• Experience working with a design system, including Forge or similar reusable component libraries.
• Experience designing and delivering full stack features in a collaborative product engineering environment.
• Experience writing automated tests and supporting code quality, reliability, and maintainability.
• Understanding of secure software development practices in regulated or data-sensitive environments.
• Familiarity with API design, service-to-service communication, and operational debugging.
• Experience working on systems that require clear documentation and cross-functional coordination.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full stack features using React, TypeScript, Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and HAPI FHIR, Gradle, and Forge design system.
• Build user-facing experiences and service APIs that support patient communication workflows across SMS, secure web chat, and voice-enabled experiences.
• Design and implement scalable backend services, event-driven workflows, and integrations that support reliable conversation handling and data exchange.
• Collaborate with product, design, architecture, and quality engineering to translate requirements into well-structured technical solutions.
• Write clean, testable, well-documented code and participate in code reviews, design reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Improve application performance, reliability, observability, and maintainability across the full stack.
• Support secure handling of healthcare data and apply sound engineering practices for privacy, access control, and compliance requirements.
• Use AI tools and AI-assisted workflows to improve engineering productivity, evaluate outputs critically, and apply judgment when incorporating AI-generated suggestions into code, design, or troubleshooting.
• Contribute to technical discussions and help identify practical implementation patterns for new product capabilities and platform enhancements.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication

Problem solving

Responsive to feedback

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

React

TypeScript

Java 21

Spring Boot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

HAPI FHIR

Gradle

Forge design system

Job description

athenahealth is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer in Austin, TX to design and build modern web and service-layer capabilities that support patient communication experiences. You will work in a hybrid model on a stack including React, TypeScript, Java 21, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, and HAPI FHIR, reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager.

You’ll collaborate with a small engineering team to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable software, participate in reviews, and help drive