We are looking for a Senior Software Developer - Database Engineering to join our Engineering Enablement team. Your job will be to re-architect our mission-critical, application-database interface.

You are a Developer with experience building scalable and high availability applications, preferably in public and private cloud environments. You will have solid relational databases, RDBMSs like Oracle, with SQL.

The Team: Our Engineering Enablement team within athena is primarily responsible for enhancing and maintaining the core infrastructure (CI/CD pipeline, database, development tools, etc.) upon which that the rest of the R&D organization rely.

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.