Senior Member of Technical Staff – SMTS
Athenahealth17 hours ago
Chennai, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and evolution of scalable Internal Developer Platform capabilities.
- Own complex platform initiatives from problem definition and architecture through implementation, rollout, observability, and continuous improvement.
- Build full-stack platform solutions, self-service workflows, golden paths, software templates, APIs, integrations, and reusable abstractions.
- Design and develop Backstage plugins, software catalog capabilities, platform integrations, and developer self-service experiences.
- Drive cloud-native platform solutions using Kubernetes, AWS, and modern infrastructure patterns.
- Define platform standards, engineering guardrails, design patterns, and best practices.
- Improve developer productivity across source control, build, testing, deployment, observability, governance, and operations.
- Integrate the Developer Portal with source control, CI/CD, quality engineering, observability, cloud infrastructure, documentation, and other SDLC systems.
- Provide technical direction for cross-team initiatives, evaluate architectural trade-offs, and drive alignment.
- Establish strong practices for architecture, code quality, automated testing, observability, security, operational readiness, and production ownership.
- Mentor engineers through architecture discussions, code reviews, technical problem solving, and knowledge sharing.
- Contribute to platform strategy, roadmap planning, technical prioritization, adoption, incident response, and continuous improvement.
- Explore AI-assisted capabilities and intelligent automation to simplify developer workflows.
Requirements
- 6 to 8 years of engineering experience.
- Strong experience designing and building distributed systems and cloud-native applications.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in system design, API design, testing, debugging, performance, reliability, and maintainable software development.
- Hands-on experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, Java, or comparable modern programming languages.
- Experience building modern web applications using React or comparable frontend frameworks.
- Strong experience designing and integrating REST APIs, backend services, and distributed systems.
- Experience with AI-powered development platforms, coding assistants, agents, or MCP-based integrations.
- Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL and application data modeling.
- Experience operating applications in cloud-native environments using AWS, Kubernetes, and containers.
- Understanding of modern software delivery practices and experience with Harness, Jenkins, Bitbucket, GitHub, or equivalent technologies.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to influence technical decisions across engineering teams.
Benefits
- Health and financial benefits.
- Location-specific commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborative workspaces.
- Flexible work arrangements balancing in-office collaboration with remote work where appropriate.
- Company-sponsored book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons.
- Learning-focused culture, engaged team support, and an inclusive work environment.
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About Athenahealth
Athenahealth builds cloud-based electronic health records, practice management, revenue cycle, and patient engagement software for medical practices and health systems, often paired with technology-enabled billing services. The company sells its platform on a subscription basis and supports high-volume clinical and financial workflows across its network. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Boston, it is privately held under Bain Capital.