Lead Software Engineer – athenaCollector
Massachusetts
- Healthcare
- Full-time
- Lead Software Engineer
- athenaCollector
- Healthcare IT
The Lead Software Engineer for athenaCollector will design and develop Java and Python-based microservices, integrating AI technologies to automate healthcare revenue cycle management. The role involves leading an agile team, deploying cloud solutions, and optimizing large language model integrations for enterprise healthcare applications. This position requires strong software engineering experience, cloud deployment skills, and familiarity with healthcare back-office processes.
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
We are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our athenaCollector team.
In athenaCollector we build technology solutions that automate Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). This Collector team is implementing the underlying medical back-office processes to automate and integrate the unique claims cycle requirements.
The Team:
The athenaCollector product is 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.
Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in designing and developing Java-based microservices and some experience in building and deploying generative AI (GenAI) solutions is a desirable but not mandatory skill. The initiative this team is undertaking involves a combination of microservices and GenAI technologies, the candidate should be prepared to work across both areas, understanding that traditional software engineering responsibilities may comprise a significant portion of the workload.
Key Responsibilities:
- Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications with 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.
- Cloud Deployment & Orchestration – Deploy AI-powered applications using AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines.
- Design and develop Python based Agentic AI applications. Implement RAG-based retrieval and Agentic AI workflows.
- LLM Integration & Optimization – Integrate OpenAI, Bard, Claude, Azure OpenAI APIs. Optimize API calls using temperature, top-p, max tokens and reduce hallucinations using embedding-based retrieval (FAISS, Pinecone).
Preferred Qualifications:
- 6+ years of overall experience with significant software engineering skills and computer science experience.
- Experience working in an Agile environment at an enterprise level.
- Hands-on experience in both Java and Python based technologies, relational databases.
- Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, Spring Boot framework, Kubernetes, AWS and broad technologies; experience in developing decoupled applications is preferred.
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
- Nice to have - 1 or more years of experience in designing and developing GenAI based enterprise-grade cloud solutions.
- Nice to have - Knowledge of scalable AI architectures and security best practices
- Nice to have - 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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