Staff Software Engineer

ABOUT THIS POSITION

We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor for our Eligibility product. This is a hands‑on, force‑multiplier role for an experienced engineer who leads through code, system design, and technical influence, not people management.

In this role, you will tackle the most complex technical challenges within the product, helping ensure our backend systems are high‑performance, resilient, and built to scale. You'll work closely with other senior engineers and engineering leadership to shape solutions while remaining deeply involved in day‑to‑day development.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Make accurate judgement calls about hard technical decisions for your own work and the work of a team.
• Propagate proper decisions and solutions to the Engineering Manager.
• Collaborate with, mentor, and support team members in developing sound technical solutions
• Design, develop, test, and implement new features and enhancements for Waystar's core processing applications and sometimes website.
• Build and maintain applications in alignment with functional and technical specifications
• Take ownership of assigned work, driving code to production with minimal oversight.
• Perform on call duties, roughly one week in a quarter.
• Ensure accurate deployments through thought out solutions, good unit testing, and end to end automation testing.
• Identify opportunities for refactoring, optimization, and improved architectural or technology solutions
• Solve complex technical problems with minimal oversight

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• 7+ years of experience with .NET, or other OOP language.

• 7+ years of experience with SQL Server or other industry‑standard relational databases.

• Experience with RabbitMQ, or other queueing system

• Experience with deploying pods to Kubernetes.

• Strong experience with programming fundamentals, such as unit testing, data structures, and debugging.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, as this is a social role.

• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment

• Highly self‑motivated with the ability to work independently and collaboratively

• Experience building highly scalable, enterprise grade software solutions

• Subject matter expertise in at least one technical domain or track

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience

• Preferred Skills

• Experience with N‑tier architectures and SaaS development

• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills

• Familiarity with modern development tools, frameworks, and best practices

• Developing agentic workflows and shipping features with AI.

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.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.

WAYSTAR PERKS

• Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
• Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
• We offer generous paid time off for our non-exempt team members, starting with 3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays. We also offer flexible time off for our exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
• Education assistance opportunities and 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

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.