athenahealth

athenahealth

Principal Software Engineer, Payer Portal

Boston MA · Principal · Full-time

H1B sponsorship available$164k-$280kDetected 2 days ago
JavaReactSpringDistributed SystemsCode ReviewGitPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesTerraformSparkAgilePatient CareCommunicationCollaborationMentoringClaims Management

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61Sponsors, lottery-bound
Cap-exempt (no lottery)0
Sponsors this role90
Entry-level history0
PERM / green-card track0
Lottery odds (Level IV)94
Fits your clock70

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Green-card follow-through: 96%

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About the role

  • By improving automation and streamlining revenue cycle processes, athenaCollector helps healthcare organizations spend more time focused on patient care and less time managing manual administrative work.
  • At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates.
  • Our company culture: Our talented employees - or athenistas, as we call ourselves - spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality software within an agile, cross-functional team, owning technical decisions and guiding implementation in alignment with architectural standards and business goals.
  • Partner with product and engineering stakeholders to surface risks early, clarify tradeoffs, and support timely decision-making.
  • Integrate AI coding assistants and agentic development tools into everyday workflows, evaluate their fit for the team, and help establish shared norms for effective and responsible use in design, coding, testing, and review.
  • Support collaboration between product and engineering by creating clarity around scope, dependencies, and delivery risks.
  • Participate in design reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement activities.
  • Support hiring, interviewing, and onboarding efforts when needed.
  • Help strengthen delivery practices in Agile environments, including adapting workflows to support AI-assisted engineering.
  • Proven experience making and defending system-level architectural decisions, not only implementing within an existing design.
  • Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Strong experience with Java and Spring Boot in backend development.
  • Hands-on production experience with AI coding assistants or agentic development tools such as Claude Code, Codex, GitHub Copilot, or Cursor, including experience helping teams adopt shared usage norms.

Nice to have

  • Experience working with PostgreSQL, Oracle, AWS services, Kubernetes, and Terraform
  • React experience is strongly preferred.

Compensation

  • $164,000 - $280,000 The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum.
  • Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.

Benefits

  • We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count.
  • Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way.
  • 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.
  • In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons.
  • Share technical knowledge through mentorship, documentation, and team learning sessions.
  • Expected Education & Experience:
  • Healthcare domain experience, especially in revenue cycle management (RCM), claims processing, or billing, is a plus.

Company info

  • We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons
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