Senior Software Engineer, Specialties

About this role

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

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer to join our Specialties Experience team. This is a full-stack role ideal for someone who enjoys working across the stack, thrives in a collaborative Agile environment, and is eager to learn and adapt to new technologies. This Senior Member of Technical Staff role will contribute to building reliable, scalable full‑stack solutions that improve care delivery and practice operations. This role is a hybrid role based in Boston, MA and the role reports to an Engineering Manager.

Team summary

Our athenaClinicals team builds code that matters, working on the doctors’ workflows that is used by healthcare providers daily. We develop workflows that prioritize the doctor & patient interactions and give doctors more time doing what attracted many to medicine in the first place: providing patient care. This team is innovative, passionate, and driven by our mission to help make an impact.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop full-stack features and services using Java, React, and other platform technologies.
• Implement, test, and maintain backend services and APIs; contribute to GraphQL schema and resolver development.
• Deploy and operate applications on cloud platforms (AWS preferred; GCP or Azure acceptable).
• Collaborate with product and design to translate requirements into technical solutions and deliver iteratively.
• Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and technical planning to ensure maintainability and reliability.
• Improve observability, monitoring, and incident response practices for services you own.
• Apply software engineering best practices across the SDLC, including automated testing and CI/CD pipelines.
• Leverage AI tools thoughtfully to accelerate development tasks, augment problem solving, and inform technical decisions—evaluate outputs critically, docume...