Lead Software Engineer – athenaCollector

athenahealth • Boston, MA

137d

About The Position

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 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. We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer with some experience in building GenAI based applications and deploy AI services at scale. The ideal candidate has expertise in building Java based microservices and Python-based GenAI applications, LLM orchestration, cloud deployment, and enterprise AI integration.

Requirements

• 6+ years of overall experience with significant software engineering skills and computer science experience.
• Experience working in an Agile environment at an enterprise level.
• 1 or more years of experience in designing and developing GenAI based enterprise-grade cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of scalable AI architectures and security best practices.
• Hands-on experience in both Java and Python based technologies, relational databases.
• Knowledge of Unix/Linux, SQL, RESTful API, Spring Boot framework, Kubernetes, AWS.
• Experience in developing decoupled applications is preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Perl is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Java based microservices and Python based Agentic AI applications.
• Implement RAG-based retrieval and Agentic AI workflows.
• Integrate OpenAI, Bard, Claude, Azure OpenAI APIs for LLM Integration & Optimization.
• Optimize API calls using temperature, top-p, max tokens and reduce hallucinations using embedding-based retrieval (FAISS, Pinecone).
• Deploy AI-powered applications using AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in Scrum teams, estimate tasks accurately, and contribute to incremental AI feature releases.
• 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.
• Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert.
• Take ownership of what the team builds and oversee efforts across the team to ensure completion.

Benefits

• Health and financial benefits.
• Commuter support.
• Employee assistance programs.
• Tuition assistance.
• Employee resource groups.
• Collaborative workspaces.
• Flexibility for work-life balance.
• Sponsorship of events including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees