athenahealth · 4 months ago
Lead Software Engineer – athenaCollector
Boston MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expathenahealth is a company focused on creating a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. They are looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join their athenaCollector team, which builds technology solutions for automating Revenue Cycle Management (RCM). The role involves designing and developing Java-based microservices and Python-based GenAI applications, as well as integrating AI services at scale.
Enterprise SoftwareHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical
Responsibilities
Design and develop Java based microservices and Python based Agentic AI applications. Implement RAG-based retrieval and Agentic AI workflows
LLM Integration & Optimization – Integrate OpenAI, Bard, Claude, Azure OpenAI APIs. Optimize API calls using temperature, top-p, max tokens and reduce hallucinations using embedding-based retrieval (FAISS, Pinecone)
Cloud Deployment & Orchestration – Deploy AI-powered applications using AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines
Agile Development & Innovation – 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; share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization
Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert. Take ownership of what the team builds and oversee efforts across the team to ensure completion
Qualification
Required
Experience in building GenAI based applications and deploy AI services at scale
Expertise in building Java based microservices
Expertise in Python-based GenAI applications
Experience with LLM orchestration
Experience with cloud deployment
Experience with enterprise AI integration
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
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
Share business and technical insights with the broader engineering and product organization
Develop knowledge to act as a domain expert
Take ownership of what the team builds and oversee efforts across the team to ensure completion
Preferred
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 and broad technologies
Experience in developing decoupled applications is preferred
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
Knowledge of Perl is helpful
Benefits
Health and financial benefits
Commuter support
Employee assistance programs
Tuition assistance
Employee resource groups
Collaborative workspaces
Flexibility
Company culture based on learning
Support of an engaged team
Inclusive environment where all employees are valued
Company
athenahealth
Athenahealth is a provider of medical practice automation and claims management software to medical groups and health systems.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$40MKey Investors
Venrock
2021-11-22Acquired
2017-05-18Post Ipo Equity
2007-09-20IPO
Leadership Team
Eddie Ross
Vice President, Payer
Anil Patil
Executive Director Engineering
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