What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer – Schedule Builder position at Athenahealth?
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Join Our Dynamic Team as a Senior Software Engineer!
Are you ready to make a real impact in the healthcare industry? We’re on the lookout for a passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our innovative team of developers, where you’ll help shape the future of our cutting-edge Scheduling features! If you’re a seasoned developer with a knack for design and engineering excellence, we want to hear from you!
Why You’ll Love Being Part of Our Team
At the heart of our mission is the drive to create the next generation of online scheduling solutions that enhance the experience for both providers and patients. Imagine writing code that directly improves the lives of millions! Your contributions will truly matter as you build software that makes a difference in the healthcare space.
As a backend-focused developer in our full-stack team, you’ll have the opportunity to develop scalable API solutions that empower our provider-facing front-ends. We embrace industry best practices, including continuous delivery and agile methodologies, allowing you to see your work come to life quickly through our two-week sprints. Your feedback will help us refine our features as we roll them out to our customers!
What You’ll Be Doing
- Write, debug, deploy, and support production code while delivering timely fixes.
- Build, enhance, and maintain robust backend APIs, microservices, and macroservices.
- Collaborate with the team to adhere to our Definition of Done (DoD) during sprints, ensuring quality through unit tests, functional testing, code reviews, and thorough documentation.
What We’re Looking For
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you’re excited about the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where your skills can shine and your work can truly impact lives, we encourage you to apply! Join us in revolutionizing healthcare scheduling solutions and be part of something meaningful. We can’t wait to meet you!
About athenahealth
Here’s ourvision : To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
What’s unique about our locations?
From an historic, 19thcentury arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant,allofathenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our10offices across the United States and India —plus numerous remote employees —all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together.
Our company culture might be our best feature.
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story.athenahealth develops andimplements products and services that support US healthcare : It’sour chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.
Our vibrant and talented employees — orathenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplishour goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing theirbestselves to work.
Our size makes a difference, too : We are small enoughthatyourindividual contributionswill stand out— butlarge enoughto grow your career with ourresources and established business stability.
Giving back is integral to our culture. OurathenaGivesplatform strives tosupport food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’sCorporate Social Responsibility(CSR)program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.
What can we do for you?
Along with health and financial benefits,athenistasenjoy perks specific to eachlocation, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance,employeeresource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, includingbook clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And weprovideathenistaswithacompany culturebased onlearning,the support of anengaged team,andan inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
We alsoencourage a better work-life balance forathenistaswith our flexibility. Whilewe 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.
athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at