- Location
- Chennai India
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Entry
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Source
- Workday
Description
Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Position Summary:
The Associate Software Engineer designs, builds, and supports software features that improve healthcare workflows and system reliability. This hybrid role is based in Chennai, India and is suited for candidates with 1 to 2 years of experience in Java and React. The role works across product and engineering teams to deliver maintainable, secure, and scalable solutions that support day-to-day operations and customer needs. This position will report to the Senior Engineering Manager.
About the Team:
The team builds enterprise services and tools using modern technologies, including Java and React, to support high-quality, reliable healthcare software. The work focuses on developing systems that are secure, scalable, and maintainable, with attention to performance, data integrity, and operational consistency.
This team supports applications and services that handle complex workflows, multiple integration points, and evolving business requirements. Engineers collaborate with product, design, quality, and operational partners to design solutions that improve usability, reduce manual effort, and strengthen the overall platform.
In this role, the Associate Software Engineer contributes to feature development, bug fixes, and incremental platform improvements while learning team standards and engineering practices. The work includes translating requirements into technical solutions, participating in code reviews, and supporting delivery of software that meets business and technical expectations. The team values clear communication, practical problem-solving, and thoughtful implementation.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Develop software features and enhancements using Java and React.
- Collaborate with product, design, quality, and engineering partners to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Build and maintain clean, reusable, and well-documented code.
- Test code changes and support defect resolution to improve product quality and reliability.
- Participate in code reviews and incorporate feedback to strengthen code quality and consistency.
- Troubleshoot issues across the application stack and support timely root-cause analysis.
- Contribute to service and UI improvements that improve usability, performance, and maintainability.
- Follow engineering standards, security practices, and team development processes.
- Use approved AI tools to help draft code ideas, summarize technical information, and improve day-to-day productivity while validating outputs before use.
- Support delivery commitments by working effectively within an agile development environment.
Additional Job Responsibilities:
- Participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
- Assist with documentation updates for features, fixes, and technical decisions.
- Support release activities and post-release validation as needed.
- Learn domain workflows and apply that knowledge to solution design.
- Help identify opportunities to simplify code paths and reduce maintenance effort.
- Contribute to team discussions on engineering improvements and technical approaches.
- Support cross-functional troubleshooting during issue triage.
- Stay current on relevant development practices and tools.
- Take part in onboarding activities for new team members when needed.
Expected Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 1 to 2 years of professional software development experience.
- Hands-on experience developing applications with Java.
- Hands-on experience building user interfaces with React.
- Familiarity with front-end development concepts such as component-based design, state management, and responsive UI behavior.
- Familiarity with software development life cycle (SDLC) practices, including coding, testing, and code review.
- Experience working with debugging tools, version control systems such as Git, and issue tracking workflows.
- Understanding of RESTful application programming interfaces (APIs) and integration concepts.
- Exposure to writing maintainable, testable code in a collaborative engineering environment.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to work effectively in a hybrid team setting.
About athenahealth
Our vision: In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture: Our talented employees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment: Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
What we can 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.
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.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. 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.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers