Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Role Summary:
Build software that helps athenahealth solve complex healthcare business challenges at scale. The Member of Technical Staff will develop and maintain backend services and cloud-based applications that support high-volume claim resolution workflows, improve operational efficiency, and contribute to reliable product experiences for customers and internal teams. This role is based in Chennai, India and follows a hybrid work model. The person in this role will collaborate with engineers, product partners, and other stakeholders to deliver maintainable, scalable solutions using modern software development practices. This position reports to the Manager, Engineering.
Team summary:
Our Collector R&D teams are building new and evolving services for athenahealth customers. We work on solving complex business problems for a broad set of stakeholders, including customers, internal technology-enabled services teams, and multiple BPO vendors. Much of this work involves designing and implementing workflows that manage large volumes of claim resolution activity, with a focus on improving visibility, throughput, and operational consistency.
These systems support work that may be completed manually by operations partners or automated to improve overall productivity. That means our teams build software that helps route work, manage exceptions, connect business rules to execution paths, and create a more efficient experience across revenue cycle operations. The engineering work often involves balancing scale, reliability, maintainability, and evolving business needs across distributed systems.
As a Member of Technical Staff, this role contributes directly to the development of backend services and microservices that power these workflows. Success in this role requires solid software engineering fundamentals, experience working with service-based systems, and the ability to collaborate effectively across functions. The team values clear communication, practical problem solving, and thoughtful engineering that improves outcomes for customers and internal users. Source context: the Collector R&D team summary provided in your prompt and athenahealth engineering JD guidance on MTS back-end roles:
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About athenahealth
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 DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
What we can do for you:
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces — some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment, full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealth enables employees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
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