Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible high-quality and sustainable healthcare for all.
Role: Associate Member of Technical Staff (AMTS) Backend Engineer
Org: athenaIT / Productivity Solutions Zone
Location: Bangalore (Whitefield) India
Type: Full-time
Work Experience 6 month-2 Years of work Experience.
About the orgs
athenaIT and the Productivity Solutions Zone build internal platforms and services that streamline business workflows enable automation and improve productivity across athenahealth. We focus on secure reliable and scalable engineering that empowers teams to deliver efficiently and with confidence.
Role summary
As an AMTS Backend Engineer you will design build and operate services that power internal workflows and automation. Youll use Redis for performance and state management MongoDB and PostgreSQL for data modeling and transaction needs DynamoDB for high-scale low-latency access patterns and apply foundational AWS concepts to deploy secure and observe services in production.
Key responsibilities
Design implement and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices using and Express
Implement caching rate-limiting background jobs and workflow state management using Redis
Model and optimize data across polyglot storage:
o MongoDB for flexible schemas and aggregation
o PostgreSQL for relational models transactions and complex queries
o DynamoDB for high-throughput key-value and document access patterns with GSIs/LSIs
Ensure code quality through testing (unit/integration) code reviews and CI/CD practices
Implement observability with structured logging metrics and tracing to support reliable operations
Embed security and compliance fundamentals: authentication/authorization secrets management and least-privilege access
Apply basic AWS infrastructure knowledge to deploy and operate services (IAM VPC ALB/API Gateway EC2/ECS/EKS basics CloudWatch)
Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate business workflows into technical solutions; contribute to documentation and operational runbooks
Required qualifications
Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Express
Hands-on experience with Redis (caching key design pub/sub queues)
Practical experience with MongoDB (CRUD indexing aggregation pipelines schema design)
Familiarity with DynamoDB fundamentals (partition/sort key design GSIs/LSIs WCU/RCU TTL item sizing)
Solid understanding of REST API design (versioning pagination error handling idempotency)
Basic AWS knowledge across compute/containerization networking fundamentals IAM and logging/monitoring
Experience with Git and CI/CD; familiarity with testing frameworks (e.g. Jest/Mocha)
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills; performance and reliability mindset
Clear structured communication and collaborative working style
Preferred qualifications
TypeScript-first service development and shared libraries
Experience with asynchronous processing background jobs and workflow orchestration
Familiarity with message queues/brokers and event-driven patterns
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and foundational DevOps practices
Data migration and performance optimization across mixed storage (MongoDB PostgreSQL DynamoDB)
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 talentedemployees 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. Thats 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 collaborativeworkspaces 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 environmentfull-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools athenahealthenablesemployees 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:
Join 150K providers on the largest connected network in healthcare. See how we’re making connections that improve patient outcomes & clinician experiences.