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 Frontend Software Engineer to join our cross-disciplined team building the next generation of Healthcare Provider Network Management features!
The Organization
Within our Patient Experience sub-division, we offer patients seamless access to their health records through our innovative athenaPatient mobile application and accessible web-based patient portal. We break down barriers by connecting patients to their providers through cutting-edge telehealth solutions. Additionally, we enhance care coordination by assisting patients in selecting the most suitable health provider referral based on factors such as costs, outcomes, and schedule availability.
The Team
Join our dynamic Provider-Network Management software development team and be a part of building the next generation of online referral management features for healthcare providers. Our goal is to improve care coordination across our ecosystem, ensuring that patients receive high-quality and affordable care within their network. Our team is built to ensure our products meet the needs of our customers and are comprised of talented frontend and backend software developers, an embedded product owner, and an experience designer. We prioritize industry best practices such as continuous delivery and iterative agile methodologies to ensure the timely delivery of quality functionality. Operating in two-week Agile sprints, we quickly roll out features to a subset of our customers for feedback as they mature.
What do we look for?
A software developer who demonstrates design and engineering excellence and has experience building web applications, preferably in public and private cloud environments. You are an excellent communicator and nimble learner who loves collaborating with teammates to build software that solves complex healthcare technology challenges.
You will play a crucial role in writing and delivering functionality that constantly enhances the experiences of millions of patients. Your work will have a direct impact on real people in their time of need, making a meaningful difference in their lives.
In this role, you will develop and support frontends backed by highly performant and scalable APIs. Collaboration is key, and you will work closely within our team to ensure our products meet the needs of our customers.
We are seeking high-quality candidates who are passionate about making a difference in the healthcare industry. If you are motivated, skilled, and eager to contribute to a team that values excellence and customer satisfaction, we would love to hear from you.
Job Responsibilities
- Contribute to a high-availability enterprise service, supporting over 50k unique daily users.
- Write, debug, and deploy code to production; deliver timely fixes.
- Collaborate inclusively with a cross-functional Agile team consisting of Engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and an Experience Designer.
- Adhere to DoD (story definition of done) as part of the sprint, including unit tests, functional testing, code reviews, bug fixes, documentation, and coding best practices.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of software engineering experience
- OR a master’s degree in a STEM-related field
- Web application development experience with focus on the frontend
- Experience with JavaScript, TypeScript and React frameworks
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM related field
- Proficiency in advanced frontend concepts like hooks, portals
- Experience creating test frameworks (e.g. Jest, Cypress)
- Experience in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development for web applications a plus
- Knowledge and/or experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies
- Experience with deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins along with git, bitbucket, etc.
- Familiarity with cloud hosting infrastructure such as AWS
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 an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all 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? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.
Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.
Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will 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 strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.
What can we 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.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And 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.
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.
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 (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, 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 [email protected] for assistance.
https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity
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What We Do
At athenahealth, it’s our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. With a thoughtful balance of humanity and technology, we’re able to uncover meaningful healthcare insights that can help create healthier futures for our families, our communities, and ourselves.
athenahealth partners with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results. Our expert teams build modern technology on an open, connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for our customers and their patients. We offer medical record, revenue cycle, patient engagement, care coordination, and population health services. We combine insights from our network of more than 160,000 providers and approximately 117 million patients with deep industry knowledge and perform administrative work at scale.
Our cloud-based and on-premises solutions deliver measurable financial and clinical results for healthcare organizations of all shapes and sizes. That’s why our top-performing clients are beating industry benchmarks across the board.
For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com
Why Work With Us
Our vibrant and talented employees spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goals. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where we each feel comfortable bringing their best selves to work.
