Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Role summary:
Help build the technology that powers a critical part of athenahealth’s revenue cycle platform. The Lead Software Engineer is a Manager-level role based in Boston, MA in a hybrid work model, responsible for leading design and development efforts, producing clear technical specifications, and guiding delivery across an Agile team. This role combines hands-on software engineering, technical leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and ownership of high-impact product capabilities. This role reports to the Engineering Manager.
Team summary:
The athenaCollector product is a critical part of the athenaOne platform, helping medical provider clients manage business and revenue cycle operations while automating claims and billing for more than $200 billion in client revenue.
This team builds and maintains software that supports essential financial workflows for healthcare organizations, helping providers improve operational efficiency and manage the complexity of billing and claims processing. The work spans modern application development, platform integration, and scalable service design across technologies that support enterprise-grade performance and reliability. The Lead Software Engineer on this team contributes to technical direction, helps guide implementation across the team, and partners closely with engineering, product, and design to deliver solutions that are practical, maintainable, and aligned to customer and business needs.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Produce accurate, clear technical design specifications with appropriate detail for implementation and review.
- Lead design and development activities for an Agile team including engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and an Experience Designer.
- Collaborate with team members to deliver software solutions that meet quality, scalability, and maintainability expectations.
- Mentor engineers through technical guidance, design discussions, and code review practices.
- Develop domain knowledge to serve as a technical resource for product and engineering decisions.
- Own team deliverables by helping coordinate technical execution and ensuring work progresses toward completion.
- Build and enhance applications using Java-based technologies, React Native APIs, ReactJS, JavaScript or ECMAScript, and related modern development tools.
- Guide technical decisions by evaluating tradeoffs, system design options, and implementation approaches.
- Integrate AI tools into engineering workflows where they improve design quality, development efficiency, documentation, testing, or delivery outcomes, and help the team evaluate practical uses of those tools in day-to-day work.
Additional Job Responsibilities:
- Support system troubleshooting and resolution of production issues.
- Document architecture decisions, implementation approaches, and technical standards.
- Participate in planning, estimation, and refinement activities within Agile processes.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering practices and team workflows.
- Share business and technical insights with broader engineering and product partners.
- Assist in evaluating new frameworks, tools, and platform capabilities.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to align technical solutions with product priorities.
- Contribute to the development of decoupled applications and service-based architectures where applicable.
Expected Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
- 6+ of experience as provided for this role request.
- Experience working in an Agile environment, preferably in an enterprise setting.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language and experience working with relational databases.
- Hands-on experience with Java-based technologies and front-end development using React Native APIs, ReactJS, JavaScript, ECMAScript, or JSX.
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful APIs, AWS, and related software development technologies.
- Experience with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS EC2, Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Terraform, or similar technologies.
- Knowledge of Perl is helpful.
Expected Compensation
$143,000 - $243,000The 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
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Skills Required
- 6 years of software engineering experience
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
- Experience working in an Agile environment
- Proficient in at least one modern programming language and relational databases
- Hands-on experience in Java based technologies and React Native
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, and AWS
- Prior experience with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL and AWS EC2
- Experience in Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Terraform or similar technology
- Knowledge of Perl
athenahealth Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about athenahealth and has not been reviewed or approved by athenahealth.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision options alongside additional protections like accident and critical illness coverage. Mental health support and EAP-style counseling resources are also part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-away offerings include PTO that covers vacation and sick time, paid holidays, and options for leaves of absence and sabbaticals. Flexible time off is positioned as a meaningful part of the overall rewards package for some roles.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer matching, supported by broader financial wellbeing resources. Equity and performance bonuses are also referenced as part of total rewards.
athenahealth Insights
What We Do
athenahealth strives to cure complexity and simplify the practice of healthcare. Our innovative technology includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers, administrators, and practices eliminate friction for patients while getting paid efficiently. athenahealth partners with practices with purpose-built software backed by expertise to produce the insights needed to drive better clinical and financial outcomes. We’re inspired by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. For more information, please visit www.athenahealth.com
Why Work With Us
We are here to make an impact on the healthcare industry at scale. We enable our diverse teams to move fast, grapple with interesting technical challenges, and innovate at every level. We are on a modernization journey and build on the hybrid cloud. We deliver best-in-class solutions to help every patient receive the best possible care.
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