Technical Lead, Platform
About The Position
Atria Health is seeking a Technical Lead for our Platform Engineering team to build and maintain the foundational systems that power our product teams. This senior individual contributor role is responsible for leading the technical direction of our platform , including mentoring engineers and day-to-day execution, with a focus on EMR integrations (particularly Athena), caching strategies, and providing robust internal tooling and support for our domain product teams (Clinical Experience, Member Experience, and Care Delivery). You'll own the design and implementation of core platform services while acting as a force multiplier for engineering across the organization.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on platform engineering, integrations, or backend infrastructure
- Strong experience building and maintaining third-party API integrations at scale
- Proficiency with caching technologies (Redis preferred) and performance optimization strategies
- Deep expertise in TypeScript/Node.js and building backend services
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives and work effectively across multiple teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for varied audiences
Nice To Haves
- Experience with healthcare integrations, particularly Athena EMR, Epic, or Cerner
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards (FHIR, HL7, CCD)
- Experience building internal developer platforms or shared services
- Background in designing systems for high availability and fault tolerance
- Understanding of HIPAA compliance requirements for healthcare data
Responsibilities
- Define and drive the technical vision for the Platform Engineering team
- Lead architecture decisions for integration patterns, caching infrastructure, and shared services
- Serve as a technical escalation point for complex platform challenges
- Conduct design reviews and ensure platform services meet reliability, performance, and security standards
- Own the design, implementation, and maintenance of Athena EMR integrations
- Build scalable, resilient integration patterns for clinical data synchronization
- Partner with Clinical Experience and Care Delivery teams to understand integration requirements and deliver solutions that meet clinical workflows
- Design and implement caching strategies to improve application performance and reduce external API dependencies
- Build and maintain caching infrastructure with appropriate invalidation patterns
- Monitor and optimize platform performance, identifying bottlenecks and implementing improvements
- Establish caching best practices and patterns for product teams to adopt
- Act as a partner to product engineering teams, understanding their needs and providing platform solutions that accelerate development
- Build and maintain shared libraries, SDKs, and internal APIs that improve developer productivity
- Create documentation, examples, and guidelines for consuming platform services
- Provide technical guidance and support during product team integration efforts
- Work closely with DevOps to ensure platform services are deployed reliably and monitored effectively
- Partner with Security and Compliance to maintain HIPAA compliance across integrations and data handling
- Collaborate with Engineering leadership on platform roadmap and prioritization
Benefits
- Excellent health and wellness benefits, 100% paid by Atria effective date of hire
- OneMedical membership for employees & dependents giving access to 24/7 virtual care
- Fertility & family planning
- Company-covered preventive health screenings through partner hospitals (Calcium score)
- Fitness Perks including Wellhub +
- 401k contributions and 4% match starting after 6 months
- Flexible Time Off
- Continuing medical education (CME) and CEU support for professional licensure
- Time to give back and make an impact in underserved communities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
