Senior Member of Technical Staff – ...

Position Summary:
Build software that helps athenahealth solve complex healthcare business problems at scale. The Senior Member of Technical Staff will design, develop, and maintain backend services and distributed systems that support high-volume claim resolution workflows, improve operational efficiency, and deliver reliable product capabilities for internal and external stakeholders.

About the Team:
Our Collector R&D teams are building new and evolving services. We work on solving complex business problems for a broad range of stakeholders, including customers, internal technology-enabled services teams, and multiple BPO vendors.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

• Design and develop backend applications and services using Java and Spring Boot to support business-critical workflows.
• Build scalable and maintainable microservices that integrate with internal platforms.
• Deploy and enhance cloud-based solutions on AWS with attention to reliability, security, observability, and performance.
• Troubleshoot production issues, analyze root causes, and deliver fixes or improvements.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

• Support release planning, deployment validation, and post-release monitoring for assigned services.
• Document technical designs, service dependencies, and implementation details to improve shared understanding across teams.
• Evaluate opportunities to simplify workflows or reduce manual effort through automation.

Expected Education & Experience:

• 4 to 9 years of software engineering experience in backend development, distributed systems, or related application development.
• Hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot for building and maintaining production applications.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.