Senior Data Engineer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Healthtech • Information Technology • Telehealth
Curing complexity to simplify the practice of care.
The Role
Design, build, and support ETL workflows to migrate and transform legacy EHR data into athenahealth systems. Develop Python utilities, validate and reconcile data, support HL7/FHIR interoperability and EHI export tasks, troubleshoot issues, maintain documentation, and collaborate across product, sales, and operations to improve migration processes and automation.
Summary Generated by Built In

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Role summary:
You will help move healthcare data into athenahealth systems with accuracy, consistency, and care. In this in-office role, you will design and support data import, migration, transformation, and export processes that help practices transition from legacy EHR environments to athenahealth. You will work across sales, product, and operational teams to support reliable data movement, issue resolution, and validation. This position is based in Chennai, India and reports to the Manager, Data Imports & Migrations.

Team summary:
The Data Imports and Migrations team supports customer implementations and data transition efforts by building repeatable, scalable processes for bringing in and transforming legacy healthcare data. The team works closely with product, implementation, engineering, and operations partners to define migration approaches, create ETL routines, validate data quality, and support export activities. The work is focused on delivering dependable data movement that helps customers get started on athenahealth with greater confidence and less disruption.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

  • Develop and support ETL workflows that extract, transform, and load data from source systems into athenahealth environments.
  • Write and maintain functions used for data analysis, validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
  • Build Python scripts and utilities that support import, migration, and automation activities.
  • Partner with internal teams to define source-to-target mappings, business rules, and migration requirements.
  • Review inbound and outbound data to identify gaps, defects, and transformation issues.
  • Support interoperability workflows using HL7 and FHIR standards.
  • Perform EHI export-related tasks and validate output for completeness and accuracy.
  • Investigate data issues, document findings, and help drive resolution across teams.
  • Maintain technical documentation for processes, dependencies, and validation steps.
  • Use AI to improve productivity in data analysis and development tasks, while applying human review to confirm accuracy and align outputs to the needs of the work.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

  • Contribute to process improvements that increase the scalability and repeatability of migration work.
  • Support testing and validation activities for data import and export processes.
  • Participate in project planning, status updates, and issue triage as needed.
  • Help maintain reusable tools, templates, and standards for migration work.
  • Assist with documentation updates and knowledge sharing across the team.
  • Support coordination across product, implementation, operations, and engineering partners.
  • Help identify opportunities to reduce manual effort through automation and better process design.

Expected Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in data engineering, ETL, data migration, or a related technical discipline.
  • Experience working with ETL, SQL, and Python.
  • Experience supporting data imports, conversions, migrations, or similar data movement work.
  • Familiarity with HL7 and FHIR interoperability standards.
  • Experience with EHI Export or related healthcare data export workflows preferred.
  • Experience working with healthcare data, healthcare technology, or implementation-focused teams preferred.
  • Ability to analyze data, identify issues, and document technical results clearly.
  • Ability to work effectively in a remote, cross-functional environment.
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

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, athenahealthenablesemployees 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

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years experience in data engineering, ETL, data migration, or related discipline
  • Hands-on experience with ETL, SQL, and Python
  • Experience supporting data imports, conversions, and migration projects
  • Familiarity with HL7 and FHIR interoperability standards
  • Experience with EHI Export or healthcare data export workflows
  • Experience working with healthcare data or implementation-focused teams
  • Strong data analysis, validation, reconciliation, and documentation skills
  • Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills

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.

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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The Company
HQ: Boston, MA
7,200 Employees
Year Founded: 1997

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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