Staff Software Engineer

Waystar is hiring a Staff Software Engineer to contribute technically to its Aware platform. The role focuses on building resilient, scalable, performant healthcare solutions across the application stack and collaborating with engineering, product, and business leaders.

Responsibilities

• As a Staff Software Engineer, you’ll be a technical contributor for our Aware platform
• You’ll be challenged often and will find yourself working on all areas of the application domain across the full app delivery stack
• Design and implement highly resilient, scalable, and performant solutions that solve complex healthcare problems using VueJS, NodeJS, Java, AWS and more
• Participate in technical and product discussions with leaders across our engineering, product, and business teams
• Self-reliance, without supervision, while showcasing best design/communication/solution practices in daily works
• Ensure continuously improve our standard of engineering excellence

Skills

• 10 + years of software development experience
• Strong foundation in computer science principles, including algorithms, data structures, and system design building scalable web applications and backend services
• Expert understanding of software engineering best practices, such as version control, testing, and continuous integration
• NodeJS
• Java
• Spring
• JavaScript/TypeScript
• At least one modern frontend framework (VueJS, React, or Angular)
• SQL and relational databases
• REST API
• Automated testing (JUnit, TestNG, Jest, Vitest, or similar)
• Familiarity with web technologies, APIs, and distributed systems
• Familiarity with Shift Left and test automation
• Effective communication skills and ability to work both independently and in a team
• Highly self-motivated with a strong sense of ownership; proactively identifies opportunities, takes initiative without being asked, and follows through with persistence
• Experience with generative AI, machine learning, and predictive algorithms
• Familiarity with statistics and healthcare domain
• Expertise with distributed event streaming platforms like Kafka
• Experience with data pipeline technologies
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in software development, with a strong emphasis on building scalable, distributed systems

Benefits

• Bonus, if applicable
• Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
• For non-exempt team members: 3 weeks of paid time off starting, plus 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays
• For exempt team members: flexible time off plus 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
• Education assistance opportunities
• Free LinkedIn Learning access
• Free mental health and family planning programs, including adoption assistance and fertility support
• 401(K) program with company match
• Pet insurance
• Employee resource groups

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