athenahealth is looking for a Software Architect to join their athenaCollector team to lead the technical strategy and vision for building automation strategy of their Collector platform while maintaining the delicate balance between modernization and delivering business value. This role aims to simplify and automate complex administrative tasks in healthcare revenue lifecycle management, so medical practices can devote resources to patients.
Requirements
- Proven experience building and deploying scalable apps using modern cloud platform technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, ECS, AWS Service Catalog)
- Expertise in modern programming object-oriented languages such as C, C++, Perl, Java, Python, and JavaScript/React
- Automating provisioning distributed services on public/on-perm cloud platforms
- Deep database experience – RDBMS and No-SQL
- Understanding of scalable, cloud architectures and experience in applying them to real world problems
- Experience with AI – ML or LLM/Agentic frameworks a plus
- Familiarity with workflow, rule (DMN) engines a plus
Responsibilities
- Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications to the appropriate detail
- Identify and influence the solution to complex technical issues.
- Build prototype and POC’s to promote new technologies and processes
- Lead by example, delivering high-quality code for critical sections of the product and/or platform; champion quality standards, performance and scalability
- Provide cross-functional coordination and communication, and mentorship of less senior team members.
- Ensure the stability, security and scalability of our systems.
- Build the automation strategy of our Collector platform
Other
- 12-14 years’ experience in software engineering
- Extensive Agile preferred
- Knowledge of health interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, ANSI) and different healthcare systems (EHR, EMR, CDS) a plus
- Experience leading working teams across geographies, with the ability to engage in difficult conversations to achieve goals while maintaining positive relationships.
- Must be laser-focused on objectives and capable of influencing both technical and non-technical teams.
