Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Position Summary: We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join Team Shipyard, a DevOps-focused engineering team in Chennai within athenahealth’s Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) organization.
IDP builds the platforms, tools, and capabilities that help athenahealth R&D teams navigate the complexity of our technology environment, develop software more efficiently, and deliver products that operate effectively across an open ecosystem.
The Lead Software Engineer will provide technical leadership across the design, development, and delivery of systems and capabilities supporting athenahealth’s developer experience and software delivery lifecycle. This role offers the opportunity to work across a broad technical landscape and gain exposure to large-scale infrastructure and developer platforms.
About the Team: Team Shipyard is a large, established engineering team with broad ownership across some of the most critical components of the athenahealth developer experience and software delivery lifecycle.
The team is responsible for the systems that deploy athenahealth’s core production software to thousands of servers across multiple data centers on a regular basis. Our highly automated deployment platform operates at significant scale and continues to evolve as our technology and engineering practices advance.
Shipyard also owns and supports key source control infrastructure, including Perforce, placing the team at the center of athenahealth’s software development lifecycle. Beyond the underlying infrastructure, the team develops and maintains the supporting tools and services that enable release readiness, code traceability, and the movement of software throughout the development and deployment process.
Technologies used across the team include AWS, Jenkins, Harness, Perforce, Git, Java, Perl, Python, Ansible, server management technologies, and more.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Lead technical design and development within an Agile team that includes Engineers, a Scrum Master, Product Owner, and Experience Designer.
- Create clear, precise, and appropriately detailed technical design specifications that enable effective implementation.
- Serve as a technical leader and trusted resource for the team by collaborating closely with colleagues, mentoring engineers, and providing guidance that improves both individual and team effectiveness.
- Share relevant technical and business insights across the broader engineering and product organization.
- Build deep expertise within the team’s problem domain and take meaningful ownership of the systems and capabilities the team delivers.
- Help coordinate and drive engineering efforts across the team to ensure work is completed successfully.
Additional Job Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the continued evolution of athenahealth’s technology and engineering practices.
- Support systems and infrastructure operating across multiple data centers and thousands of servers.
- Work with DevOps technologies and practices, including RESTful APIs, AWS, Jenkins, and related tooling.
- Work with source control management systems and supporting infrastructure, including Perforce and Git.
- Contribute to services and tools supporting the software development and deployment lifecycle.
- Apply knowledge of Unix/Linux, microservices, Docker, and distributed computing to solve technical challenges.
- Collaborate within an enterprise-scale Agile development environment.
Expected Education & Experience:
- Min 7+ years of experience demonstrating strong software engineering capabilities and a solid foundation in computer science.
- Bachelor’s degree, bootcamp training, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience working within an enterprise-scale Agile development environment.
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language.
- Working knowledge of technologies and concepts including Unix/Linux, RESTful APIs, AWS, microservices, Docker, and distributed computing.
- Hands-on experience with source control management systems such as Perforce, Bitbucket, ClearCase, or comparable technologies.
- Familiarity with a broad range of DevOps technologies and practices, including RESTful APIs, AWS, Jenkins, and related tooling.
- Knowledge of Perl.
- Prior DevOps experience is not required; however, experience working with systems or infrastructure is strongly preferred.
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
- Minimum 7 years of experience demonstrating strong software engineering capabilities and a solid foundation in computer science
- Bachelor's degree, bootcamp training, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience in an enterprise-scale Agile development environment
- Proficiency in at least one modern programming language
- Working knowledge of Unix/Linux, RESTful APIs, AWS, microservices, Docker, and distributed computing
- Hands-on experience with source control management systems such as Perforce, Bitbucket, ClearCase, or comparable technologies
- Familiarity with DevOps technologies and practices, including RESTful APIs, AWS, Jenkins, and related tooling
- Knowledge of Perl
- Prior experience working with systems or infrastructure
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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