Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

Role summary:

We are looking for aSenior Software Engineerto join ourDevOps-focused teamwithin theInternal Developer Platforms (IDP)organization. IDP enables athenahealth R&D teams to manage the complexity of our technology landscape, improve developer productivity, and support the delivery of products that operate across an open ecosystem.

In this role, you will help build and evolve the platforms, tooling, and automation that support software delivery at scale. You will work on systems that are central to athenahealth's software development lifecycle, including deployment infrastructure, source control platforms, and tools that improve releasability, traceability, and developer experience. This is an opportunity to contribute to high-scale infrastructure, partner across engineering teams, and help improve the reliability and efficiency of how software is built and delivered.

Team summary:

The team is a large, established team with broad ownership and an important role in developer experience across athenahealth. The team supports the deployment of production code to thousands of servers across multiple data centers on a regular basis and maintains highly automated deployment capabilities that continue to evolve.

The team also supports source control systems and the surrounding tooling that enables code tracking, release readiness, and lifecycle visibility across software delivery. Team members work with a broad set of technologies, includingAWS, Jenkins, Harness, Perforce, Git, Java, Perl, Python, Ansible, and server management tools. This role offers strong exposure to infrastructure at scale and the opportunity to contribute to systems that are foundational to engineering productivity.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Design, build, maintain, and improvetools, services, and automation that support software delivery, deployment, and developer productivity.
Conductcode reviews and provide actionable feedback to support code quality, maintainability, and engineering best practices.
Collaboratewith cross-functional teams, including engineering, product, and operations, to deliver scalable and reliable solutions.
Developdomain expertise in the team's systems, platforms, and workflows, and apply that knowledge to improve outcomes.
Take ownershipof services and tools managed by the team and support their reliability, performance, and continuous improvement.
Contributeto deployment infrastructure, source control workflows, and supporting systems that improve releasability and software lifecycle visibility.
Troubleshootissues across development and operational environments and support effective resolution of system or workflow problems.
Participatein technical design discussions and contribute to engineering decisions that improve platform capabilities and team effectiveness.
UseAI tools, where appropriate, to improve engineering productivity through tasks such as summarizing technical documentation, identifying patterns in logs or incidents, generating draft automation scripts, or accelerating investigation workflows, while validating outputs for accuracy, security, and maintainability.

Expected Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree, bootcamp completion, or equivalent practical experience, including relevant internships or professional work.
4+ yearsof software engineering experience with strong computer science and problem-solving fundamentals.
Experiencewith at least one modern programming language such asPython, Java, C#, C++, Perl, or JavaScriptPython or Javapreferred.
KnowledgeofUnix/Linux,RESTful APIs,AWS,microservices,Docker, and distributed systems concepts
Strong collaboration and communication skillswith the ability to work effectively across technical teams.

Nice to Haves:

Experiencewith source control management systems experience withPerforceis preferred.
PreviousDevOpsexperience is not required, but experience working close to infrastructure, automation, or build and release systems is valuable.

About athenahealth:
athenahealth's vision is to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all. The company supports U.S. healthcare through products and services designed to simplify complexity for providers and patients.

athenahealth offers a culture centered on learning, collaboration, inclusion, and flexibility. Employees have access to health and financial benefits, location-specific perks, employee resource groups, tuition assistance, and collaborative workspaces. The company also supports employee engagement through events, hackathons, and community-focused initiatives.

athenahealth is committed to equal employment opportunity and provides reasonable accommodation for applicants who need assistance with the application process. Source:

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