• Architectural Leadership: Define document and champion the comprehensive software architecture for our healthcare payments technology solutions. Develop and maintain detailed architecture diagrams design specifications and other essential artifacts for new product capabilities and enhancements to the existing platform. 

• Strategic Technical Guidance: Lead and facilitate a cross-functional Software Architecture council guiding discussions to prioritize review and approve ongoing and future development projects. 

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner effectively with product management engineering leadership subject matter experts and other stakeholders to translate complex business requirements and user needs into scalable secure and maintainable technical solutions. 

• Standards & Mentorship: Establish and enforce coding standards architectural best practices and development methodologies. Mentor and guide development teams to foster excellence in software engineering focusing on scalability security performance and maintainability. 

• Technology Evaluation & Innovation: Continuously evaluate recommend and implement cutting-edge technologies frameworks and tools that align with our long-term strategic platform goals and drive innovation. 

• Hands-on Prototyping & Feature Development: Actively participate in hands-on development for proof-of-concept initiatives and contribute to the development of new complex features ensuring architectural integrity and feasibility. 

• System Integration Expertise: Oversee and guide the seamless integration of our platform with external systems including Electronic Health Records (EHRs) financial institutions and other third-party healthcare services. 

• Data Integrity & Security: Ensure the highest standards of data integrity privacy and security across the platform. This includes implementing and overseeing encryption protocols secure data transmission practices and robust access control mechanisms. 

• Governance & Review: Actively participate in design reviews code reviews and architecture governance processes to ensure adherence to established standards and promote high-quality software delivery. 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field. 

• 8+ years of experience in software development with at least 3 years in an architecture role. 

• Deep understanding of healthcare technologies and standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR EHR systems HIPAA compliance). 

• Expertise in cloud platforms. AWS or GCP preferred . 

• Strong proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (e.g. PHP Node.js). 

• Experience designing microservices architectures front end development and RESTful APIs. 

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 

• Active use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools and techniques to enhance performance drive innovation and improve decision-making across business functions.

• Ability to leverage AI tools and platforms to streamline workflows improve decision-making and drive innovation.

• Curiosity and adaptability in exploring emerging AI technologies with a mindset for continuous learning and experimentation.

Preferred: 

• Experience working with EHR vendors like Epic Cerner or Meditech. 

• Familiarity with data analytics machine learning or population health platforms. 

• Experience in DevOps practices CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform CloudFormation). 

• Knowledge of healthcare privacy and data-sharing regulations beyond HIPAA (e.g. 21st Century Cures Act GDPR if international). 

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 500000 providers 1000 health systems and hospitals and 5000 payers and health plans. For more information visit waystar.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.