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Senior Member of Technical Staff
full-time•Bengaluru
About this role
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
athenahealth is a progressive, innovation-driven software product company. We partner with healthcare organizations across the care continuum to drive clinical and financial results. Our expert teams build modern technology on an open, connected ecosystem, yielding insights that make a difference for our customers and their patients. We maintain a unique values-driven employee culture and offer a flexible work-life balance. As evidence of our rapid growth and industry leadership, we were acquired by the world’s leading private equity firm “Bain Capital” for $17bn! and we have many new strategic product initiatives
The Opportunity: The Platform organization at Athenahealth is looking for a new member for their Patient Directory team. Patient Directory enables to efficiently, effectively build usecases that require identifying real world patient's data scattered across athena’s network and in networks outside athena. This team works on matching algorithms, enhancements and tweaks to algorithms, API development, building out core frameworks and tooling that are required by all other developers within athena to successfully build their product. You will be working on building a platform that helps healthcare move fast and serve patients, providers and hospitals. This platform would involve processing billions of records with high throughput and low latency.
Position Summary: We are looking for an experienced developer preferably in public and private cloud environments. You are a builder at heart and have a passion for building out tools to allow development to happen. You are a problem solver and are always excited to tackle a complex puzzle
Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
Technical Execution
- Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications to the appropriate detail
- Deliver customer value in the form of high-quality software components and services in adherence with policies on Security, performance, longevity and Integration testing
- Estimate the size of development tasks in story points with the goal of 80% accuracy; begin to challenge others during estimation
- Understand and follow coding conventions, architectures, and best practices
- Write, debug, and deploy code to production; deliver timely fixes
- Adhere to DOD (story definition of done) as part of the sprint, including unit tests, functional testing, code reviews, no regressions, bug fixes, documentation and adhere to best coding practices
- Perform peer code reviews in order to ensure quality standards.
Contributions to the Team
- Master the domain knowledge for area of assignment
- Take ownership of what the team builds after the release; consider customer adoption as success criteria
- Contribute to agile ceremonies to improve team performance
- Volunteer for work in the backlog and commit to quality delivery; Coordinate efforts across the team to ensure completion and effectiveness
- Participate and contribute to scrum meetings i.e. daily stand-up, sprint planning, readouts and retrospectives
- Drive self-organization; help determine how the team functions in collaboration with your peers
Cross functional Coordination and Communication
- Work collaboratively across the Technology and Product organizations to ensure alignment towards business goals
- Builds strong relationships with cross-functional team members
- Share business and technical learnings with the broader engineering and product organization, while adapting approach for different audiences
Education, Experience, & Skills Required:
- 4-8 years of experience in an engineering role
- Experience in an Agile environment preferred
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- Strong software engineering skills and computer science experience
- Strong experience in Java, Data Structures and Algorithms
- Knowledge and hands on experience with dockers and containerization.
- Experience with deploying and maintaining services in public cloud like AWS is desired
- Knowledge of object-oriented programming, RESTful APIs, Unix/Linux, SQL, NoSQL
- Knowledge on Typescript/Javascript, Kubernetes is a Plus
- Exposure to distributed computing tech and messaging frameworks like Kafka is a Plus
Behaviors & Abilities Required:
- Ability to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment, while producing quality code
- Ability to write code that is technically sound, performant, scalable, and readable
- Ability to make decisions independently, driving towards the right solution
- Ability to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances
- Follow best engineering practices for high quality code
- Ability to collaborate with business owners to understand and refine business requirements
- Ability to work collaboratively on a cross-functional team with a wide range of experience levels
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 workspaces — some 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
What you'll do
- The role involves producing technical design specifications, delivering high-quality software components, and performing peer code reviews. Additionally, the candidate will take ownership of the team's output and contribute to agile ceremonies.
About athenahealth
athenahealth strives to cure complexity and simplify the practice of healthcare. Our innovative technology includes electronic health records, revenue cycle management, and patient engagement solutions that help healthcare providers, administrators, and practices eliminate friction for patients while getting paid efficiently. athenahealth partners with practices with purpose-built software backed by expertise to produce the insights needed to drive better clinical and financial outcomes. We’re inspired by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our vibrant and talented employees spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goals. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where we each feel comfortable bringing their best selves to work.
Our dedication to creating an exceptional workplace has been recognized with several prestigious awards. We've been honored as a 2024 Top Workplaces USA, named a Forbes 2024 America's Best Mid-Size employers, and celebrated as one of 2023 Glassdoor Best Large Companies to Work For. Additionally, we've been acknowledged as a 2023 Top Workplace in Austin, one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in Maine and a 2023 Top Workplace in MA by the Boston Globe. These accolades are a testament to our vibrant and diverse team that fuels innovation at athenahealth.
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