Senior Software Engineer 2
Waystar
Senior Software Engineer 2
Waystar
Cloud-based platform streamlining healthcare payments
ABOUT THIS POSITION
As a Senior Software Engineer in the Patient Payments organization at Waystar, you will solve problems that affect real people. You should care deeply about how your users interact with your application and how other engineers will iterate on your code. You should also be passionate about using modern technologies, removing tech debt, and improving processes. Instead of asking “Why is this the way it is?”, you ask “How can I make this better?”WHAT YOU'LL DO
You will join a team of full stack engineers to build new features for our web applications, as well as support and maintain them
You should expect to move up and down the software stack, writing client-side JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, server-side PHP and the SQL statements for the products you release
Collaborate with Product, UX and other engineering teams to solve difficult problems and design new features
Scope out technical designs that enable your team to execute on proposed solutions
Upgrade legacy apps and code to modern frameworks and technologies
Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of learning and teaching
Actively lead technical roadmap for the team
Embrace an agile development process that emphasizes test automation, code reviews, and fast release cycles
Be a communicator! Have opinions and the ability to justify them - we want to know what you think
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of professional full stack web development experience
Object-oriented programming (we’re mostly PHP)
Relational databases (we use MySql)
Modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue (we use Vue)
JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and/or MVC Frameworks
Unit and integration testing methodologies
Distributed system architecture and asynchronous processing using queues (AWS SQS)
Automated production logging, monitoring and alerting
Agile development
Preferred Skills:
Experience scaling real-time high availability APIs
Experience integrating with payment gateways and processors (Stripe, Elavon, Authorize.Net, NMI, USAePay, WorldPay, TSYS, etc)
Experience with finance and banking processes and concepts (merchant accounts, ACH, settlement, etc)
ABOUT WAYSTAR
Through a smart platform and better experience, Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.
Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities. Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers. We are deeply committed to living out our organizational values: honesty; kindness; passion; curiosity; fanatical focus; best work, always; making it happen; and joyful, optimistic & fun.
Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500,000 providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans. For more information, visit waystar.comor follow @Waystaron Twitter.
WAYSTAR PERKS
Waystar is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate, value, and support diversity and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, marital status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
This applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Waystar provides cloud-based payments technology that unifies and simplifies healthcare payments for providers, payers, and patients. Its platform integrates with major health information systems and practice management systems to streamline workflows, improve healthcare financials, and increase transparency in the patient financial experience. The platform serves more than 450,000 providers, 750 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 health plans. By connecting with existing HIS and practice management tools, it enables centralized payment processing, billing, and patient billing experiences across the healthcare ecosystem. Waystar differentiates itself through its large network of integrations, cloud-based delivery, and a focus on end-to-end payment workflows that improve financial operations and patient experience. The goal is to simplify and unify healthcare payments, helping providers get paid faster and patients understand and manage their medical bills more clearly.
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