Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Role summary: Resolve customer and production issues for athenahealth’s interoperability network by combining technical support skills with clear communication as a Product Support Analyst in Chennai, India .You will support interface and workflow stability, troubleshoot problems, and use your SQL capability to help investigate and validate production data. You will report to the Integration Product / Connectivity Support Manager
Team summary:
The Product Support Analyst supports workflows and projects that improve the efficiency and growth of athenahealth’s interoperability network, often referred to as the backbone. This network enables the transmission of healthcare documents—including lab results, imaging results, patient demographics, charges, appointments, and prescriptions—between athenahealth, clients, and trading partners.
In this role, you will maintain relationships with interface vendors, participate in production support activities as assigned, and collaborate with internal teams across different geographies as required. You will work closely with Integration Product / Connectivity Support Manager in Chennai to help ensure reliable interoperability outcomes.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Provide technical support by investigating reported issues across interfaces and production workflows.
- Troubleshoot interface and data flow problems using logs, diagnostic outputs, and established support procedures.
- Communicate status updates, findings, and next steps clearly to internal stakeholders and vendors when applicable.
- Analyze production data to identify symptoms, patterns, and likely root causes.
- Document investigation steps, results, and resolutions in required support records and knowledge bases.
- Coordinate with interface vendors to gather information, validate fixes, and confirm successful outcomes.
- Monitor issue queues and work assignments to ensure timely handling and appropriate escalation.
- Apply AI-enabled support tools to improve productivity by using AI-assisted summarization of incident details, faster extraction of key troubleshooting signals from logs, and learning updated AI workflows as they become available—while maintaining accurate human verification against technical evidence and SOPs.
Additional Job Responsibilities
- Assist with root-cause follow-ups and prevention plans for recurring interface issues.
- Support testing activities for interface changes, including validating outcomes and documenting results.
- Contribute to creation or updates of interface troubleshooting guides and escalation procedures.
- Participate in production readiness activities (e.g., knowledge checks, handoff preparation, standard work updates).
- Review incident trends to recommend improvements to monitoring, documentation, or support workflows.
- Help ensure consistent data handling and adherence to operational support standards.
- Support cross-team investigations involving multiple systems or dependencies.
Expected Education & Experience
- Graduate in Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or Commerce.
- 1-3 years’ work experience within Health Care, Product Support, Tech Support, Customer Service.
- Proven ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexibility to adapt to change in a rapidly expanding and fast-paced company.
- Familiarity working with HL7 (Good to have) or similar interoperability standards.
- Familiarity working with any CRM tools.
- Fluency in both spoken and written English
- Good communication skills and an ability to effectively engage with members of cross geographical teams in India and the US.
- Excellent customer service skills and professionalism to effectively manage communication with external parties including vendors and payors.
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
Skills Required
- Graduate in Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or Commerce
- 1-3 years' work experience within Health Care, Product Support, Tech Support, Customer Service
- Proven ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Familiarity working with HL7 or similar interoperability standards
- Familiarity working with any CRM tools
- Fluency in both spoken and written English
- Good communication skills to engage with cross geographical teams
- Excellent customer service skills and professionalism
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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