Job Description

Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.Lead Software Engineer \xe2\x80\x93 LMTSAbout athenahealth:athenahealth is a progressive and innovation-driven healthcare software product company. We partner with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results. Our expert teams build modern technology on an open, connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for our customers and their patients. We maintain a unique value-driven employee culture and offer a flexible work-life balance.We are headquartered in Boston, US, and our India offices are in Bengaluru, Chennai, and Pune.Position SummaryWe are looking for a Lead Software Engineer (Lead Member of Technical Staff) to join the Athena Environments and Stability zone in our Chennai office. Our teams are organizational enablers and productivity multipliers in support of athenaOne products and services. We provide cost-optimized, technology appropriate, resilient, regulatory compliant product environments to serve our customers at maximum efficiency and satisfaction. This position is a part of our Tech Modernization initiative, with a focus on enabling the containerization of legacy applications and evolving how we deploy and operate our various environments.But enough about us, let\xe2\x80\x99s talk about youYou are a technologist with a zeal to solve complex problems. You possess a growth-oriented mindset and are a quick learner, looking to work in fast paced environment with total accountability. You possess strong experience with large scale application development, Distributed /microservices architecture, build & deploy containerized applications and services on container platforms like Kubernetes and Docker. As a Lead Engineer on our team, you will play a crucial role in accelerating our efforts to migrate the existing athenaOne perl application into a modern, containerized world.Job Responsibilities:

• Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications to the appropriate detail.

• Deliver customer value in the form of high-quality software components and services in adherence with policies on Security, performance, longevity, and Integration testing.
• Understand, debug existing systems, and propose new, alternative technology to make them more scalable and achieve results.
• Perform peer code reviews to ensure quality standards.
• Provide your input in design discussions.
• Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert, share business and technical insights with the team and broaden engineering and product organization.
• Collaborate inclusively with cross-functional team members to develop product solutions that help improve health outcomes for patients.
• Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot production and non-production issues and support athenaOne customers.
• Demonstrate ownership for what you and the team build and deploy in production.
• Take lead on RCA discussions, production issues and troubleshooting.

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of commercial software development experience with significant product development expertise dealing with large scale.
• Extensive knowledge of modern programming languages /application development frameworks such as: Java, JavaScript, Spring framework.
• Experience working with established large codebase, added Advantage: Full stack development experience.
• Experience of Distributed systems and Microservices.
• Good working experience with Perl/Python & Unix scripting skills,
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, NOSQL, and related tools and performance tuning.
• Experience in building and deploying containerized applications on cloud platforms like AWS ECS/EKS and familiarity in AWS Cloud Infrastructure.
• Knowledge of Agile SDLC practices; familiarity with unit and integration testing, as well as design and code reviews and documentation.
• Ability to write code that is technically sound, testable, resilient, performant, scalable, and readable.
• Experience with DevOps principles, and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Jenkins along with git, bitbucket and other source code repositories.
• Familiarity with application build, deployment, monitoring tools & frameworks like CI/CD in Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog etc.
• Strong communication skills to work across geographies, and a record of engineering achievement, code ownership, and customer orientation.
• Strong mentoring and coaching skills that encourage growth for more junior members.
• Track record of designing and delivering cloud-based products, modules, and services.
• Proven track record of implementing and adopting new technologies and methodologies.

About athenahealthHere\xe2\x80\x99s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.What\xe2\x80\x99s unique about our locations?
From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth\xe2\x80\x99s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India \xe2\x80\x94 plus numerous remote employees \xe2\x80\x94 all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don\'t take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That\xe2\x80\x99s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It\xe2\x80\x99s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.Our vibrant and talented employees \xe2\x80\x94 or athenistas, as we call ourselves \xe2\x80\x94 spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work.Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out \xe2\x80\x94 but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability.Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth\xe2\x80\x99s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we\xe2\x80\x99ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.What can we 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 \xe2\x80\x94 some offices even welcome dogs.In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And 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.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.

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