The Opportunity:
athenahealth is transforming healthcare by creating easy to use, ultra-powerful, cloud based tools which allow medical professionals to focus on what they do best – treat patients. Our product and services impact the practice of medicine for half of all physicians in the US. Our network covers over 46 million patient lives and 160 million visits per year.
We are a technology-enabled services company, and as we progress towards our vision of being the health information backbone for the entire nation, we need to ensure that athena’s products are built on a performant and scalable platform.
Position summary:
We are seeking an experienced Database/Business Intelligence Engineer to drive critical performance and scalability improvements for clients to best use our data layer. You will collaborate closely with a team of full stack software developers and an Architect to deliver highly valued solutions to our clients.
Join a growing and mission critical team to define a new generation of development processes, tools, and infrastructure to accelerate development efficiency and product scalability for the Population Health Management data analytics platform. Data is what we sell; this is an opportunity to work on the back-end -- but with client-facing impact.
Education, Experience, and Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in a data-focused software engineering role
• Enterprise experience working with multi-terabyte data warehouse
• Expert level knowledge and enterprise experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016/17, including SSIS, T-SQL, and advanced performance tuning techniques
• Expert level knowledge with database DevOps, including build/package/deployment of SQL databases and SSIS Packages
• Experience with other database platforms , noSQL, R, Python, and data modeling for modern analytics visualization tools, such as Tableau and PowerBI, are all a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals; experience in an Agile/Scrum environment preferred
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern OO language (C# preferred)
• Experience in deploying and managing Azure environments preferred
• This is not a DBA position, but DBA competencies are appreciated

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:Technical Execution:

• Produce accurate, clear technical design specifications to the appropriate level of detail
• Deliver customer value in the form of high quality software components and services in adherence with policies on security, performance, longevity and integration testing
• Understand, follow, and reinforce Scrum methodologies, coding conventions, architectures, build processes, and best practices
• Exceptional skill in data and system analysis and troubleshooting
• Interested in and can quickly learn and leverage new and strategic technologies

Contributions to the Team:

• Take ownership of what the team builds after the release; consider customer adoption as success criteria
• Drive self-organization; help determine how the team functions in collaboration with your peers
• Advise and train team members to maximize overall productivity and effectiveness

Cross-functional Team Coordination and Communication:

• Work collaboratively across the Platform and Product organizations to ensure alignment towards business goals
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional team members of varying experience levels
• Share business and technical learnings with the broader engineering and product organization, while adapting approach for different audiences

The Opportunity:
athenahealth is transforming healthcare by creating easy to use, ultra-powerful, cloud based tools which allow medical professionals to focus on what they do best – treat patients. Our product and services impact the practice of medicine for half of all physicians in the US. Our network covers over 46 million patient lives and 160 million visits per year.
We are a technology-enabled services company, and as we progress towards our vision of being the health information backbone for the entire nation, we need to ensure that athena’s products are built on a performant and scalable platform.
Position summary:
We are seeking an experienced Database/Business Intelligence Engineer to drive critical performance and scalability improvements for clients to best use our data layer. You will collaborate closely with a team of full stack software developers and an Architect to deliver highly valued solutions to our clients.
Join a growing and mission critical team to define a new generation of development processes, tools, and infrastructure to accelerate development efficiency and product scalability for the Population Health Management data analytics platform. Data is what we sell; this is an opportunity to work on the back-end -- but with client-facing impact.
Education, Experience, and Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in a data-focused software engineering role
• Enterprise experience working with multi-terabyte data warehouse
• Expert level knowledge and enterprise experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2016/17, including SSIS, T-SQL, and advanced performance tuning techniques
• Expert level knowledge with database DevOps, including build/package/deployment of SQL databases and SSIS Packages
• Experience with other database platforms , noSQL, R, Python, and data modeling for modern analytics visualization tools, such as Tableau and PowerBI, are all a plus.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• Strong software engineering fundamentals; experience in an Agile/Scrum environment preferred
• Proficiency in, at least, one modern OO language (C# preferred)
• Experience in deploying and managing Azure environments preferred
• This is not a DBA position, but DBA competencies are appreciated

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:Technical Execution:

• Produce accurate, clear technical design specifications to the appropriate level of detail
• Deliver customer value in the form of high quality software components and services in adherence with policies on security, performance, longevity and integration testing
• Understand, follow, and reinforce Scrum methodologies, coding conventions, architectures, build processes, and best practices
• Exceptional skill in data and system analysis and troubleshooting
• Interested in and can quickly learn and leverage new and strategic technologies

Contributions to the Team:

• Take ownership of what the team builds after the release; consider customer adoption as success criteria
• Drive self-organization; help determine how the team functions in collaboration with your peers
• Advise and train team members to maximize overall productivity and effectiveness

Cross-functional Team Coordination and Communication:

• Work collaboratively across the Platform and Product organizations to ensure alignment towards business goals
• Build strong relationships with cross-functional team members of varying experience levels
• Share business and technical learnings with the broader engineering and product organization, while adapting approach for different audiences