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Software Engineer - Patient Record and Insight

Athenahealth

Athenahealth

Software Engineering
Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Jun 11, 2025

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

Software Engineer, Patient Record and Insights

We are looking for an Engineer to join our Clinicals team within our Patient Record and Insights organization. Your job will be to contribute to technical design specifications to the appropriate detail and deliver customer value in the form of high-quality software components and services. You are a tenacious, but nimble learner, who demonstrates design & engineering excellence.

You are a developer with experience building full stack web applications. You are an excellent communicator that is capable of quickly picking up the complicated healthcare space.

As an engineer on the athenaClinicals Patient Record and Insights team, you will have the opportunity to work on a broad range of product components and workflows used by doctors and clinicians, such as; medical history documentation for example allergies or the problem list, patient risk management, and the coordination of patient care, and workflows to help providers prepare for patient visits in ambulatory settings.

The Team: Our athenaClinicals team builds code that matters, working on the beating heart of doctors’ workflows that is used by over 100,000 healthcare providers daily. We build the interface that makes the interactions between these providers and the electronic health record as seamless as possible, and elevates what the doctor needs to see, when they need to see it. This team is innovative, passionate, and driven by our mission to help make an impact.

Job Responsibilities

  • Design and develop code on an agile team of Engineers, a Scrum Master, a Product Owner, and Experience Designer
  • Collaborate with team members to promote productivity and effectiveness, share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization
  • Develop knowledge and domain expertise. Take ownership of what you and the team build and coordinate your efforts across the teams to ensure proper completion

Typical Qualifications

  • About 2-4 years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise
  • Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (preferably Java); relational databases, with modern UI frameworks (preferably React)
  • We work in Agile environment, so any Agile or CI/CD experience is helpful
  • Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, and various other technologies is helpful

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 workspacessome 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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