Senior Software Engineer, Billing Workflows - athenaCollector

athenahealth; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 203,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commuter support

Employee assistance programs

Tuition assistance

Employee resource groups

Dog-friendly offices

Job summary

athenahealth is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the athenaCollector team in Boston to design scalable, secure software powering our Revenue Cycle Management platform. You’ll work with AI-assisted development, maintain code quality, and own security and reliability in production.

The role emphasizes AI-driven workflows, collaboration with product/design/QA/SRE, and evolution toward spec-first, AI-accelerated delivery in a healthcare context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of engineering experience in a product development organization.
• Solid backend experience in Java and Spring Boot.
• Demonstrated use of AI coding assistants or agentic dev tools in production workflow.

Responsibilities

• Translate specifications and acceptance criteria into well-tested changes with sharp upstream requirements.
• Use AI coding assistants throughout the SDLC while owning correctness, security, and maintainability.

Skills

AI tooling

Java

Spring Boot

Agile methodologies

Code review

Prompt engineering

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

GraphQL

AWS EC2

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

PostgreSQL

ReactJS

Job description

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

Join athenahealth as a Senior Software Engineer on athenaCollector, where you’ll design and build scalable, secure, and maintainable software that powers our revenue cycle management (RCM) platform. This role is built for engineers who see AI-assisted development as the standard toolkit for moving faster without sacrificing quality, and already rethinking how specs, code review, testing, and delivery work in an AI-augmented pipeline. We are looking for someone who can bring that thinking to a team solving real problems in healthcare billing.

Team Summary

athenaCollector automates the essential back-office processes behind claims cycles, billing, RCM, and the operational plumbing that helps healthcare providers get paid accurately and on time. We’re actively evolving how we build: shifting from manual, ticket-by-ticket implementation toward a spec-first, AI-accelerated workflow where engineers focus on domain correctness, architecture, and edge cases. You’ll work closely with product, design, QA, and SRE to ship features that materially improve claims processing and financial outcomes for provider clients.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Work spec-first: translate clear specifications and acceptance criteria into well-tested, reviewable changes and push for sharper upstream requirements, so AI tooling and human review both operate faster and with less ambiguity.
• Use AI coding assistants and agentic tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex or similar) throughout the SDLC for scaffolding, code generation, test authoring, and first-pass code review while retaining full ownership of correctness, security, and maintainability of everything that ships.
• Critically evaluate, debug, and refine AI-generated code and tests against domain requirements, security standards, and system constraints.
• Prototype LLM-assisted features for internal developer productivity and client-facing product capabilities, and help define safe, usable patterns for applying AI within a healthcare-regulated environment.
• Build deep domain expertise in claims and RCM to accelerate ticket triage, dependency mapping, and cross-team coordination.
• Contribute to and evolve team practices, like design reviews, feature readouts, agile ceremonies, code review norms, testing strategy.
• Mentor engineers on effective and responsible use of AI tools, including prompt design, verifying outputs, and knowing when not to rely on AI.

Additional Job Responsibilities

• Support integration and deployment using AWS EC2, Docker, and Kubernetes, using AI tooling to accelerate infrastructure-as-code work (e.g., Terraform).
• Explore and apply technologies such as GraphQL and Cadence to extend product capabilities.
• Use AI-assisted approaches to strengthen testing strategy, including automated unit/integration test generation and coverage analysis.
• Monitor application performance and use AI-assisted tooling to speed up troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Stay current on emerging AI-assisted development practices and evaluate which are worth adopting on the team.

Expected Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of engineering experience in a product development organization.
• Solid backend experience in Java and Spring Boot.
• Demonstrated, hands-on use of AI coding assistants or agentic dev tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) in a real production workflow, not just casual experimentation.
• Genuine motivation to adopt and improve AI-driven workflows, comfort with prompt iteration, evaluating and correcting AI-generated code.
• Ability to critically assess AI output.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, AWS EC2, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GraphQL is desirable.
• Hands-on ReactJS experience is a plus.
• Experience working in Agile development environments, ideally actively adapting their process for AI-assisted delivery.

Expected Compensation

$119,000 - $203,000

The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.

About Athenahealth

Our vision:

In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Our company culture:

Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.

Our DEI commitment:

Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.

What We Can Do For You

Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas 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 also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.

Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers

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