Lead Software Engineer, epocrates

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

We are looking for a Lead Data Engineer to join our R&D team within our epocrates division. In this role, you will be part of the Data Systems group working to enable our data pipelines and data service that provide necessary information to all parts of the business.

The Team

 epocrates R&D tackles a variety of complex challenges every day to ensure that our entire suite of products and tools are constantly evolving and improving to meet our users' needs. As part of the epocrates R&D team, the Data Systems group continuously ships practical solutions to provide the right data to the right people to deliver value for epocrates users – mostly Health Care Providers – and our pharmaceutical company clients. Our current tech stack includes native iOS/Android apps, TypeScript, Java, AWS, Kafka, Graph database, SQL and non-SQL database, web properties, a suite of in-house and third-party content publishing tools, and a commercial advertising platform. Our multi-disciplinary team of SMEs -- front and backend engineers, product management veterans, medical doctors and PharmDs, visual designers, UX researchers, data experts, and more -- all work together so that it's easy for healthcare providers to make excellent clinical decisions for their patients with epocrates.

As an epocrates R&D team member, you value collaborative environments where you can challenge ideas and learn from your colleagues. You approach your work with insatiable curiosity and have a profound discomfort with unresolved issues. You speak up and act when you see something that isn't quite right - even if it isn't in your job description or your area of expertise. And you can't wait for the Shout Outs section of our team meetings to give praise to your talented colleagues.

Position Summary

As a developer in the Data Systems team, you will be a technical contributor for our data pipeline and data warehousing stack for our product analytics, reporting and machine learning platforms. You will write reactive, non-blocking, responsive and scalable event data ingestion services for real-time streaming events, with Apache Kafka backbone. You will maintain and enhance data ETL/ELT pipelines for our existing data lake/data warehousing solution. You will create integrations with multiple vendors to bring data into our ecosystem. You will work with your team to estimate, plan, and deliver work via two-week sprints. You will take ownership of what your team builds and develop domain expertise. You will look for ways to automate and optimize processes to improve productivity across the team. You will build scalable and secure applications that health care providers trust every day.

Job Responsibilities

• Actively contribute to writing high quality, readable, maintainable and testable code
• Introduce software design patterns into the codebase as required and proactively propose new technologies that will benefit the software product
• Design data structures, services and data warehouses to balance current requirements with future expandability
• Participate in Agile planning and Scrum ceremonies
• Collaborates inclusively with cross-functional teams with a wide range of experience levels
• Mentor, train and advise team members, participate in code reviews to ensure software quality standards. Understand and follow coding conventions, architectures, and best practices

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of experience building scalable back-end APIs using Java
• Experience in SQL relational database technologies like Oracle or Postgres
• Experience in data ELT/ETL using orchestration tools such as Informatica or Apache Airflow
• Streaming application development experience; experience in producing, handling, and scaling robust messaging services using Apache Kafka and/or Amazon MSK
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based data warehouse platforms such as Snowflake or similar database technology
• Building, deploying, testing, and maintaining services on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using tools like Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, etc. preferred
• Knowledge using reactive, non-blocking frameworks like Spring WebFlux
• Fluency in microservices architecture using Docker/Kubernetes
• Experience with strategies and tools around Data Governance and Data Lineage
• Experience with RESTful API design, implementation, basic documentation, and testing

• Experience in languages and frameworks such as Python, Kotlin, TypeScript and React is an added plus

About athenahealth

Here’s our vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.  

What’s unique about our locations? 
From an historic, 19th century arsenal to a converted, landmark power plant, all of athenahealth’s offices were carefully chosen to represent our innovative spirit and promote the most positive and productive work environment for our teams. Our 10 offices across the United States and India — plus numerous remote employees — all work to modernize the healthcare experience, together. 
 
Our company culture might be our best feature. 
We don't take ourselves too seriously. But our work? That’s another story. athenahealth develops and implements products and services that support US healthcare: It’s our chance to create healthier futures for ourselves, for our family and friends, for everyone.  

Our vibrant and talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our goal. We continue to expand our workforce with amazing people who bring diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives at every level, and foster an environment where every athenista feels comfortable bringing their best selves to work. 

Our size makes a difference, too: We are small enough that your individual contributions will stand out — but large enough to grow your career with our resources and established business stability. 
 
Giving back is integral to our culture. Our athenaGives platform strives to support food security, expand access to high-quality healthcare for all, and support STEM education to develop providers and technologists who will provide access to high-quality healthcare for all in the future. As part of the evolution of athenahealth’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program, we’ve selected nonprofit partners that align with our purpose and let us foster long-term partnerships for charitable giving, employee volunteerism, insight sharing, collaboration, and cross-team engagement.   

What can we 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.  

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And 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.  

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. 

athenahealth is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity—that’s why we recruit and hire applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other factor prohibited by law. We’re happy to provide a reasonable accommodation, for those with a disability, to complete any part of the application process. If you are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, please contact us at taoperations@athenahealth.com for assistance.

https://www.athenahealth.com/careers/equal-opportunity