Principal Software Engineer, Medication Management

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

Role Summary

Join our innovative team as a Principal Software Engineer in Boston, MA, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of medication management. This hybrid position offers the opportunity to lead one or more talented engineering teams in delivering high-quality software solutions that enhance healthcare outcomes. You will report to Director of Engineering.

Our Medication Management engineering team builds mission-critical solutions used by over 170,000 healthcare providers every day. We empower providers to make informed, personalized clinical treatment decisions in partnership with each patient, regarding their medications, vaccines, and medical supplies. Our collaborative, mission-driven team is passionate about making a meaningful impact on healthcare outcomes, leveraging cutting-edge technology to improve patient safety and streamline workflows.

We foster an environment of continuous learning and innovation, encouraging team members to share ideas and drive improvements.

• Lead the design, development, and delivery of high-quality code within an agile cross-functional team.
• Own and author clear, detailed technical designs that guide implementation and align with architectural standards and business objectives.
• Propose scalable and maintainable solutions and provide reliable estimates for development efforts.
• Write clean, well-tested, and performant code while adhering to established coding standards and best practices.
• Participate actively in code reviews, providing constructive feedback to uphold engineering excellence.
• Develop strong knowledge of the medication management domain to act as a technical subject matter expert.
• Take ownership of deliverables and coordinate cross-team efforts to ensure successful execution.
• Regularly leverage AI-assist software tooling in ways that increase throughput, effectiveness and quality.
• Drive adoption and best practices within your sphere of influence.
• Evaluate and propose opportunities for generative AI as part of delivering solutions to delight customers.

• Mentor engineers, provide technical guidance, and foster a culture of learning and continuous improvement.
• Clearly communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation within the team.
• Contribute to the development of best practices and standards for software development.
• Engage in cross-team initiatives to enhance overall product quality and performance.

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, strong product development background.
• Proven experience leading full-stack development teams, including technical mentoring and design oversight.
• Proficiency in React, modern frontend architecture, core web technologies - HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Java.
• Experience with generative AI and AI-assist software engineering tooling.
• Solid experience with relational databases and data modeling.
• Experience with various system architectures and distributed systems, including monolith, microservices.
• Experience with generative AI and AI-assist software engineering tooling.
• GraphQL experience is highly desired.
• Strong communication, ownership, and accountability.

The base salary range shown reflects the full range for this role from minimum to maximum. At athenahealth, base pay depends on multiple factors, including job-related experience, relevant knowledge and skills, how your qualifications compare to others in similar roles, and geographical market rates. Base pay is only one part of our competitive Total Rewards package - depending on role eligibility, we offer both short and long-term incentives by way of an annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans.

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 vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in…