Lead Software Engineer, Front End Rearchitecture

Lead frontend engineer role at athenahealth, building modern React-based clinical web applications as part of a frontend rearchitecture initiative. The role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, guiding architectural decisions and mentoring team members.

• Lead the technical design and delivery of frontend features and platform components using JavaScript, React.js, and TypeScript, ensuring alignment with architecture standards.
• Guide and mentor other frontend engineers on implementation practices, code quality, and shared conventions across the team.
• Define and evolve frontend architecture patterns, component libraries, and engineering standards that support a scalable, unified codebase.
• Integrate frontend applications with backend services via GraphQL APIs and RESTful endpoints, establishing consistent data-access patterns.
• Leverage Node.js to support build tooling, server-side rendering, and frontend-adjacent service development within the platform stack.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to evaluate requirements, shape technical direction, and deliver user-centered solutions.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted development tools — such as those that support code review, test generation, or debugging — into the team's workflow, and help teammates adopt practices that improve productivity while maintaining code quality and judgment.
• Drive code review practices, testing standards, and deployment readiness to maintain a high bar for frontend software quality.
• Analyze existing Clinicals frontend codebases, identify areas for improvement, and lead migration efforts toward the modernized React-based architecture.
• Coordinate with cross-functional engineering teams to align on shared APIs, data contracts, deployment pipelines, and platform dependencies.
• Support frontend build, release, and deployment activities using Jenkins or Harness continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Collaborate with backend and data engineers on system-level integrations involving Oracle databases or supporting data services.
• Work with existing utilities or automation scripts written in Perl when integration or tooling requirements call for it.
• Contribute to cloud-based deployment and hosting activities on AWS (Amazon Web Services), including familiarity with relevant services for frontend infrastructure.
• Participate in sprint planning, technical roadmap discussions, and engineering capacity estimation.
• Represent frontend engineering perspectives in cross-team design reviews and architectural planning sessions.
• Identify and champion opportunities to improve frontend performance, accessibility, and overall developer experience.
• Support onboarding of new engineers by sharing knowledge of the platform, codebase, and team practices.
• Help maintain and grow internal documentation for component libraries, architectural decisions, and engineering conventions.
• Monitor engineering health across the team and surface blockers, risks, or technical debt that may impact delivery.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6 years of professional frontend software development experience, including time spent in a technical leadership or lead engineering role.
• Deep proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript in large-scale, production frontend environments.
• Extensive experience building component-driven web applications using React.js, including state management, performance optimization, and design system integration.
• Solid working knowledge of Node.js for build tooling, server-side rendering, or frontend-adjacent service development.
• Hands-on experience with GraphQL for client-side data fetching, API design, and integration with backend services.
• Exposure to Perl, Oracle, AWS (Amazon Web Services), Jenkins, and/or Harness is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical design, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards within a team.
• Experience working within an Agile software development lifecycle, including sprint planning, retrospectives, and iterative delivery.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across engineering, product, and design teams in a hybrid work environment.

• Health and financial benefits
• Commuter support
• Employee assistance programs
• Tuition assistance
• Employee resource groups
• Collaborative workspaces (some offices welcome dogs)
• Flexibility for work-life balance
• Sponsored events including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons
• Company culture based on learning and inclusive environment
• Short and long-term incentives via annual discretionary bonus plan, variable compensation plan, and equity plans