Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
**This position requires the selected candidate to be onsite in Boston weekly, and cannot be held 100% remotely**
We are looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join our athenaCollector team.
In athenaCollector we build technology solutions that helps patients to make payments using various payment modes. This Collector team is implementing the PCI compliant Credit Card payment collection, cheque or ACH modes of payment and brings financial visibility of health care services.
You are a principal developer with extensive experience in designing and building full stack enterprise applications, preferably in public and private cloud environment. You are an excellent communicator and nimble learner who embraces the challenges and complexity of working in the healthcare or payment space.
The Team: The athenaCollector product builds a critical part of the athenaOne platform, which helps our medical provider clients manage their business and revenue cycle (RCM), automating claims and billing for well over $200 billion in client revenue. This Zone is committed building new and exciting capabilities to improve how we help health practices collect the right patient insurance, understand eligibility benefits, improve cost transparency, drive effective billing workflows, and offer flexible payment solutions. This team is focused on making the billing and payment process simple, transparent, and flexible for both healthcare practices and their patients.
Job Responsibilities
- Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications with the appropriate. detail. Lead design and development on an agile team of Engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and Experience Designer.
- Collaborate, mentor, and advise team members to promote productivity and effectiveness; share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization.
- Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert. Take ownership of what the team builds and oversee efforts across the team to ensure completion.
Typical Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience with significant software engineering skills and computer science experience.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Hands-on experience with Java based technologies and ReactJS / Angular, JavaScript is very desirable.
- Knowledge of Linux, SQL, RESTful API, AWS (EC2, Docker, Kubernetes) and broad technologies.
- Prior experience with Perl, Spring Boot framework, PostgreSQL, Terraform or similar technology is desirable.
Agile experience or CI/CD concepts is desirable
Expected Compensation
$164,000 - $280,000The 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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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.









