We are looking for a Lead Software Developer Application Performance to join our Engineering Enablement team. This position is within a group where the focus is on optimizing the stability and performance of application code as it pertains to our data systems. You understand core database concepts and are a skilled developer with experience in writing easily reusable and highly scalable code. Youre an expert in at least one programming language, but comfortable reading code in any language and always excited to expand your knowledge to new areas. You are an excellent problem solver and are adept at pinpointing bottlenecks, measuring performance, and optimizing algorithms to perform with high efficiency.

The Team: A highly specialized group of developers who serve to ensure the stability, scalability, and performance of the application. Our group is focused on data management, and we work with feature development teams to perform code reviews, enforce adherence to standards, provide consulting services and sign-offs on code involving complex data operations. Our software development focuses largely on deployment pipelines, performance and load testing, data-driven APIs, and code optimization. Additionally we monitor production performance, prototype solution proposals and research emerging technologies. This is a highly respected team that enjoys collaboration, problem solving, and working with new technologies.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop software based on user needs

• Perform a key management and thought leadership role in the areas of monitoring, alerting, metric thresholding, performance improvement, and best practices

• Drive the evaluation of third party tools and systems, and make recommendations

• Provide leadership, technical guidance, and mentoring to others in the area of quality database code

Typical Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience of backend software development experience required

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent

• Experience in an Agile environment preferred

• Passion for excellent production performance, and data gathering

About athenahealth

• Our Vision: To create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.

• Our Location: This role is based in Watertown, MA, just a few miles outside of Boston. Watertown is our Global Headquarters and our campus, the Arsenal on the Charles, is home to several restaurants, a local gym and large outdoor space. This office also has a cafeteria, coffee caf and food trucks that rotate every day.

• Our Culture: At athenahealth, our employees (or athenistas) are committed to making healthcare smarter. Our success is dependent on the diversity, collective spirit, and contributions of our people, clients and partners. We value teamwork and believe that the strength of our team comes from supporting each other and leveraging our specialized skills. If you are looking for a company that will enable you to work outside of your comfort zone to transform the healthcare ecosystem, athenahealth is the place for you.

• Our Perks: Along with health & financial benefits, our athenistas are offered a variety of perks that promote employee wellbeing such as commuter support, collaborative workspaces and dog-friendly offices - just to name a few.