Staff Software Engineer

The role

A senior individual contributor who works across multiple systems on open-ended problems. You will work across Care Finance's provider and partner platform to keep systems reliable under HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 controls.

What you will do

• Bring expert craft and systems thinking and teach others.
• Use AI-native approaches to make work the new baseline.
• Find problems others miss and shape solutions to strengthen the data asset.
• Drive workstream delivery end-to-end.
• Set ambitious but feasible milestones and sequence work.
• Shape the direction of your product surface with cross-functional partners.
• Coach others on compounding their impact and give actionable feedback.
• Advocate for strong candidates at the hiring bar.
• Build tools and systems that create structural leverage for the team.

Required qualifications

• 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.
• Experience building tools or shared systems that make a whole team faster.
• Working knowledge of application security and compliance-regulated environments.
• A habit of coaching peers and giving actionable feedback.

Nice to have

• HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2 exposure preferred

About the company

PayZen is on a mission to bring financial health to healthcare. Their products improve access and affordability for patients and cash flow and administrative complexity for medical providers.