Application Engineer

ABOUT THIS POSITION

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• You will join a team of full stack engineers to build new features for our web applications, as well as support and maintain them 

• You should expect to move up and down the software stack, writing client-side JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, server-side PHP and the SQL statements for the products you release 

• Collaborate with Product, UX and other engineering teams to solve difficult problems and design new features 

• Scope out technical designs that enable your team to execute on proposed solutions 

• Upgrade legacy apps and code to modern frameworks and technologies 

• Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of learning and teaching 

• Embrace an agile development process that emphasizes test automation, code reviews, and fast release cycles 

• Be a communicator! Have opinions and the ability to justify them - we want to know what you think 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field preferred (or equivalent experience) 

• 2+ years of professional full stack web development experience  

• Object-oriented programming (we’re mostly PHP)  

• Relational databases (we use MySql)  

• Modern JavaScript frameworks such as Angular, React, or Vue (we use Vue) 

• JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and/or MVC Frameworks  

• Unit and integration testing methodologies  

• Distributed system architecture and asynchronous processing using queues (AWS SQS)  

• Automated production logging, monitoring and alerting 

• Agile development 

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.