Join PayZen as a Staff Software Engineer to enhance healthcare financial systems with a focus on reliability and compliance.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
40% coding
AI in the day-to-day
Use AI-native approaches to enhance work processes.
Requirements
- Experience
- 8+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
In the role of Staff Software Engineer at PayZen, the individual will tackle complex, open-ended problems across multiple systems, ensuring reliability while adhering to strict compliance standards. Proficiency in languages like Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript is essential, along with a strong background in systems thinking and application security. This position is ideal for seasoned engineers with over eight years of experience who excel in identifying impactful issues and driving solutions from inception to completion. PayZen's collaborative environment emphasizes coaching and cross-functional teamwork, making it a fitting choice for those looking to amplify their influence.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from PayZen's career page.
- PayZen has 7 other open roles including Vice President, Strategic Finance, Senior Software Engineer, Strategic Account Executive - South.
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Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- At least 8 years of relevant experience for this Staff Software Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Java, Python, TypeScript.
- What seniority level is this role?
- PayZen targets staff-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer role at PayZen.
From the original posting
About PayZen
PayZen is on a mission to bring financial health to healthcare. Our products improve both access and affordability for patients and cash flow and administrative complexity for medical providers. We are trusted by a rapidly growing number of health systems, hospitals, and physician groups and are backed by leading venture capital investors, including NEA, SignalFire, Viola Group, and 7Wire Ventures.
About the Role
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer — a senior individual contributor who works across multiple systems on open-ended problems, in close collaboration with peers. At this level, your impact reaches well beyond your own workstream.
You work across Care Finance's provider and partner platform — the systems that connect PayZen to health systems and partners — on a months-long horizon, keeping them reliable under HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 controls.
Responsibilities
Set the Craft Standard
Bring expert craft and systems thinking, and teach others as you go. Use AI-native approaches to make work that was impossible a quarter ago the new baseline.
Find the Problems Others Miss
Find the problems others miss, and shape solutions that strengthen PayZen's data asset and expand what the platform can own across the patient financial lifecycle.
Drive Workstreams End-to-End
Drive workstream delivery end-to-end. Set ambitious but feasible milestones, sequence work to deliver value early, and unblock others proactively.
Shape Direction Cross-Functionally
Shape the direction of your product surface with cross-functional partners, and adjust your approach through pivots without losing momentum.
Coach and Give Feedback
Coach others on compounding their impact, give actionable feedback across workstreams, and advocate for strong candidates at the hiring bar.
Build Leverage for the Team
Build tools and systems that create structural leverage for the team, multiplying your impact well beyond your own workstream.
Requirements
8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
Expert craft and strong systems thinking across multiple systems or surfaces.
A track record of finding high-impact problems others miss and driving solutions end-to-end.
Experience setting ambitious but feasible milestones and sequencing work to deliver value early.
Hands-on proficiency in at least one of Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript; you write and review code daily.
Experience building tools or shared systems that make a whole team faster.
Working knowledge of application security and compliance-regulated environments; HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or
SOC 2 exposure preferred.
A habit of coaching peers and giving actionable feedback.