Staff Software Engineer (Vue)

Location: Atlanta, Georgia, US; on-site

Company

Waystar provides a cloud-based healthcare payments platform that helps providers simplify revenue-cycle workflows and improve financial outcomes.

What you will do

• Design and implement resilient, scalable, and performant solutions for complex healthcare problems.
• Work across the full application delivery stack using VueJS, NodeJS, Java, AWS, and related technologies.
• Build scalable web applications, backend services, REST APIs, and distributed systems.
• Participate in technical and product discussions with engineering, product, and business leaders.
• Apply strong engineering practices, including version control, testing, continuous integration, and Shift Left principles.
• Work independently, demonstrate ownership, and continuously improve engineering excellence.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive software development experience, focused on scalable and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of computer science fundamentals, algorithms, data structures, and system design.
• Professional experience with NodeJS, Java, Spring, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, relational databases, and REST APIs.
• Experience with at least one modern frontend framework: VueJS, React, or Angular.
• Experience with automated testing tools such as JUnit, TestNG, Jest, or Vitest.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience with generative AI, machine learning, predictive algorithms, statistics, or healthcare.
• Expertise with distributed event-streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Experience with data pipeline technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive total rewards with base salary and potential bonus.
• Medical plans with company Health Savings Account matching, paid time off, and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave, education assistance, and free LinkedIn Learning access.
• Mental health, family planning, adoption assistance, and fertility support programs.
• 401(k) with company match, pet insurance, and employee resource groups.