Principal Member of Technical Staff - PMTS @ athenahealth

Job Description

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 Principal Member Technical Staff to join our Platform Engineering team in Chennai to help lead the teams in Platform Experience are focused on expanding our athena ecosystem and adding flexibility to create tools and patterns that can be used across multiple applications
Team: Our Platform teams build mission critical applications that serve as the foundational building blocks for all athena's products. One of the key applications we build and maintain is our messaging software, this software is where massive scale meets performance as this application reliably power billions of messages month after month. We are no slouch when it comes to availability either and are proud of our 100% uptime record. We achieve this with a dedicated team of talented engineers who are mission driven, enjoy the challenge of solving complex problems and enjoy even more the opportunity to learn and grow from like-minded peers.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
[Primary Function] Technical Execution

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  Produce accurate, unambiguous technical design specifications to the appropriate detail
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  Ability to critique technical documentation as needed
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  Deliver customer value in the form of high quality software components and services in adherence with RPR policies on Security, performance, longevity and Integration testing
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  Proactively Identifies and proposes new, alternative technology in order to create scalable implementations and achieve results.
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  Accurately estimates story points provides guidance to others as needed
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  Drives the t-shirt sizing process, providing guidance to the team on sizing of Understand and follow coding conventions, architectures, and best practices hold other members of the team accountable for doing so
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  Write, debug, and deploy code to production deliver timely fixes
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  Participates in team member interview process as needed influences final hiring decisions.
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  Scale systems to meet business demand
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  Deploy systems to meet availability targets (HA/DR)
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  Adhere to DOD (story definition of done) as part of the sprint, including unit tests, functional testing, code reviews, no regressions, bug fixes, documentation and adhere to best coding practices
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  Perform peer code reviews in order to ensure quality standards.

Contributions to the Team

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  Act as the subject matter expert for area of assignment
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  Take ownership of what the team builds after the release consider customer adoption as success criteria
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  Contribute to agile ceremonies to improve team performance
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  Volunteer for work in the backlog and commit to quality delivery Coordinate efforts across te team to ensure completion and effectiveness
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  Participate and contribute to scrum meetings i.e. daily stand-up, sprint planning, readouts and retrospectives
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  Drive self-organization help determine how the team functions in collaboration with your peers
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  Serve as Scrum Master as assigned and ensure high team effectiveness and efficiency

Cross functional Coordination and Communication

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  Work collaboratively across the Technology and Product organizations to ensure alignment towards business goals
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  Builds strong relationships with cross-functional team members and business stakeholders
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  Share business and technical learnings with the broader engineering and product organization, while adapting approach for different audiences

Mentorship of Others

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  Advise and train members of the team to maximize overall productivity and effectiveness of the team.

Education, Experience, & Skills Required:

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  8-10 years of experience in an engineering role
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  Experience in an Agile environment preferred
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  Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
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  Significant software engineering skills and computer science experience
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  Expertise in modern programming languages such as: C#, C++, Perl, Java, Python, and javascript/jQuery
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  Knowledge of Univ/Linux, Big Data, SQL, NOSQL, and various other technologies
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  Experience with object oriented programing, relational database technologies, distributed computing tech (Hadoop, spark), RESTful API, WebUI (HTML 5) and Modern JS frameworks
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  Experience with iOS and Android environments

Behaviors & Abilities Required:

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  Ability to learn and adapt in a fast paced environment, while producing quality code
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  Ability to work collaboratively on a cross-functional team with a wide range of experience levels
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  Ability to prioritize both individual time and the time of the team
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  Strong mentoring and coaching skills that encourage growth for more junior members
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  Ability to write code that is technically sound, performant, scalable, and readable
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  Ability to collaborate with business owners to understand and refine business requirements

Behaviors & Abilities Required:

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  Ability to learn and adapt in a fast paced environment, while producing quality code
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  Ability to work collaboratively on a cross-functional team with a wide range of experience levels
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  Ability to prioritize both individual time and the time of the team
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  Ability to write code that is technically sound, performant, scalable, and readable
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  Ability to collaborate with business owners to understand and refine business requirements
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  Ability and willingness to demonstrate ownership of an area of athena's technology

About athenahealth
Here's ourvision: 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 andimplements 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 - orathenistas, as we call ourselves - spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplishour 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 theirbestselves to work.

Our makes a difference, too: We are small enoughthat your individual contributionswill stand out- butlarge enoughto grow your career with our resources and established business stability.

Giving back is integral to our culture. OurathenaGives 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,employeeresource groups, and collaborative workspaces - some offices even welcome dogs.

In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, includingbook clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. And weprovideathenistas with acompany culturebased on learning, the support of an engaged team, andan inclusive environment where all employees are valued.

We alsoencourage a better work-life balance forathenistas with our flexibility. Whilewe 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.

Employement Category:

Employement Type: Full time
Industry: IT
Functional Area: IT
Role Category: Software Engineer
Role/Responsibilies: Principal Member of Technical Staff - PMTS

Contact Details:

Company: Athenahealth
Location(s): India

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