Staff Software Engineer at Waystar
Atlanta, GA
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Jul 13, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior full-stack software engineering role focused on designing, building, and maintaining scalable applications and services across the full development lifecycle. The position involves collaborating with product and architecture teams, contributing to system design decisions, mentoring junior engineers, and working with cloud infrastructure, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines. Prior healthcare IT experience is a bonus but not required.
Senior level · 7+ years · National · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
No work location is specified in the posting — CBSA and state are left blank. The role may be remote or at one of Waystar's offices; the JD does not say.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's or Master's degree … or a related technical field' with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause, which would normally be a hard gate. However, the phrasing is common boilerplate and the JD does not explicitly reject candidates without a degree elsewhere, so the degree requirement is set to None as a conservative call — hiring managers should confirm whether a degree is truly a hard gate.
The programming language requirement gates on 'at least one' of C#, Java, Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript — these are treated as interchangeable alternatives on a single required skill rather than separate requirements.
Docker and Kubernetes are listed together under 'is a plus' and are treated as preferred, with each as an alternative for the other since the JD frames them as a single containerization requirement.
HL7 and FHIR are listed together under 'is a plus' and are treated as preferred alternatives.
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