Senior Software Engineer - Healthcare Interoperability

Senior Member of Technical Staff - SMTS

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

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS) to join our Referral Exchange team within our R&D, Platform & Data Services subdivision, Interoperability network zone. Our zone vision is to maximize our network effect through efficient, effective, experience-driven interoperability. Leveraging our robust connections across the healthcare ecosystem, we enable providers to seamlessly exchange referral orders with external care sites and track referral status in real time, ensuring closed-loop referral management. As a participant in the trust framework for interoperability, we facilitate secure and efficient referral exchange across diverse health information networks, improving care coordination and patient outcomes.

Now, let's talk about your role. You will build enterprise-grade applications and services hosted on the cloud, with a focus on complex integrations and stability at scale for Referral Exchange. We're looking for a technologist with a passion for solving complex problems, a growth mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. You'll help us achieve our goal of becoming the healthcare backbone by enhancing our cloud-based EHR solution and leveraging the network effect of over 100,000 providers. Your technical skills will directly contribute to allowing doctors to focus on what they do best—providing exceptional patient care.

The Team: We are a collaborative; agile team focused on building scalable referral exchange solutions. We value ownership, continuous learning, and technical excellence. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, product managers, and architects to deliver impactful healthcare interoperability solutions.

Education, Experience, & Skills Required:

• 4–6 years of professional experience in a software development role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated experience working in an Agile development environment preferred.
• Strong software engineering skills across the full SDLC, with a focus on high-quality, DevSecOps-driven delivery.
• Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and Perl.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform.
• Solid understanding of object-oriented programming, relational database technologies (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, MySQL), Spring framework, RESTful APIs, and modern JavaScript frameworks.
• Working knowledge of version control tools such as Perforce and Git.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI tools like Windsurf and METIS to enhance development workflows.
• Experience in healthcare technology or health information exchange is a plus.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design & Development: Design and develop high-quality code using an agile approach, adhering to business requirements. Deploy code to production and deliver timely fixes to ensure system reliability.
• Technical Design: Contribute accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications with appropriate detail. Define sub-systems and components and prepare design documents and blueprints.
• Solution Architecture: Evaluate and propose technical alternatives for product components, ensuring optimal solutions for referral exchange workflows.
• Code Quality & Testing: Write comprehensive unit tests and continuously monitor code quality by identifying potential bugs and vulnerabilities. Perform peer code reviews to uphold quality standards.
• Cloud & Scalability: Build and maintain cloud-based services capable of handling billions of transactions per day, ensuring high availability and performance at scale.
• Integration & Interoperability: Ensure high quality and optimum performance of integration systems by proactively identifying issues and proposing alternative solutions. Support FHIR-based exchange and interoperability across health information networks.
• Referral Domain Expertise: Develop deep domain knowledge of referral workflows, including referral order exchange, status tracking, and closed-loop referral management.
• AI Adoption & Effective Usage: Leverage AI tools such as Windsurf and METIS to enhance development workflows, improve code quality, and drive productivity gains.
• Standards & Best Practices: Understand and follow coding conventions, architectural approaches, and best practices.
• Definition of Done: Adhere to the team's Definition of Done as part of each sprint, including unit tests, functional testing, code reviews, regression prevention, bug fixes, and documentation.
• Ownership & Collaboration: Take ownership of what you build and coordinate efforts across teams to ensure proper completion and seamless care coordination.
• Hiring Support: Participate in the team member interview process as needed.
• Agile Participation: Actively participate in Agile ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, readouts, and retrospectives.

Behaviors & Abilities Required:

• Ability to learn and adapt quickly in a fast-paced environment while consistently delivering high-quality code.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively within cross-functional teams comprising diverse experience levels.
• Proficiency in writing code that is technically sound, performant, scalable, and maintainable.
• Ability to partner with business stakeholders to understand, refine, and translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset with a willingness to take accountability for a specific area of Athena's technology.
• Ability to effectively leverage AI tools to enhance code quality and improve productivity.
• Flexibility to work across multiple technology stacks and projects as needed.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify root causes and propose effective solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly.
• Ability to work effectively in situations with incomplete information and evolving requirements.

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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Experience Level

Senior Level