athenahealth · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer, Software Development and AI, athenaCollector
Boston MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$119K/yr - $203K/yr
4+ years expathenahealth is a company focused on creating accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare solutions. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their athenaCollector team, responsible for building technology solutions that automate Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) processes and integrating AI components into Java-based applications.
Enterprise SoftwareHealth CareInformation TechnologyMedical
Responsibilities
Design, development, and delivery of Java-based backend services integrated with AI-powered components leveraging GenAI technologies such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, and LlamaIndex
Build and maintain scalable Java applications using Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational and NoSQL databases, ensuring seamless integration with AI-driven microservices and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) models
Collaborate with AI engineers to incorporate vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB) and AI retrieval pipelines into enterprise software
Develop, optimize, and deploy LLM prompt engineering solutions, embedding models, and AI-enhanced workflows targeting healthcare domain challenges in RCM and beyond
Estimate development efforts considering AI model inference latency, API rate limits, and backend service performance requirements
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, and code reviews to ensure timely delivery of AI-enabled Java features with high quality and adherence to coding standards
Adhere to AI governance, ethical AI practices, security compliance (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2), and maintain AI model evaluation and benchmarking (BLEU, ROUGE, cosine similarity) as integral parts of the development lifecycle
Qualification
Required
4 years of software engineering experience with significant product development expertise
Hands on experience in developing product with AI/GenAI integration
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or closely related fields
Proficient in Java, Spring Boot, REST APIs, relational SQL and NoSQL databases, and cloud platforms (AWS or Azure)
Strong experience with AI frameworks/APIs including OpenAI GPT, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, LlamaIndex
Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) concepts, LLM prompt engineering, embeddings, and vector similarity search using Pinecone, FAISS, or ChromaDB
Solid understanding of Unix/Linux environments, big data pipelines, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices in Agile settings
Demonstrated ability to design, implement, and optimize AI model APIs, AI workflows, and Java backend services with attention to scalability, latency, and security
Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach working with cross-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
Benefits
Health and financial benefits
Commuter support
Employee assistance programs
Tuition assistance
Employee resource groups
Collaborative workspaces
Flexibility
Events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons
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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