Lead Application Engineer
Waystar, Inc

While our Sr. Lead Application Engineers are involved in multiple things throughout the Technology organization, primarily they are responsible for working with the Technology and the Business teams to design, build, and implement amazing web and process applications. Sr. Lead Application Engineers are responsible for mentoring other Application Engineers and are called upon to provide technical leadership on projects. These Team Members are also charged with assisting the Client Success department in resolving issues relating to production processes. The Sr. Lead Application Engineer is responsible for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues as well.

What you'll be doing:

• Proposes technical solutions to theManager, Application Engineering
  
• Designs/develops/tests/implementsimprovements or new featuresintotheWaystarwebsite and core processing applications
  
• Responsible for developing/augmenting applications based on the functional and technical specifications
  

• Responsible foradhering toWaystarcoding standards andtheapproved technologies, and proposing amendments to either when necessary
  
• Unit tests all changes on development, and then works with the appropriateBusinessand/or Technology Owner(s) to ensure that the developed solution meets the business requirements
  
• Communicates the development progress dailyto the senior-level team members
  
• Attends to any work items assigned through the internal case system in a timely fashion
  
• Takes ownership of work items assigned, communicates estimates and daily progress as part of the SDLC process, and actively works to resolve issues blocking progress
  

• Assists in the QA process
  
• Participates, as required, in Production Code Turn days, providing instructions for deploying the code changes successfully, and for Smoke Testing code post-release
  
• Develops and maintains open and fluid communication with Managementand team
  
• Assists in the creation and/or approving of technical specifications
  
• Assists in identifying areas in the application that need to be refactored
  

• Works with the various departments and team members to design and/or implement various new enhancements to the existing web application.; this includes, but is not limited to, SQL table design, SQL stored procedure design, and process design in the designated programming language
  
• Tracks any changes required by such development using internal tools, and communicates to the QA Team any abnormalities required to push the changes from development through the various stages to production
  
• Identifies and informs theManager, Application Engineeringof areas of the applicationthat can be improved by refactoring, optimization, or other improved technology solutions
  
• Notifies theManager, Application Engineeringof any problems that negatively impact applications, and works to implement a solution
  
• Communicates and works with theManager, Application Engineeringto reassign any items that cannot be addressed in a timely fashion
  

• Provides estimates for project tasks using an internal project tool, and updates the estimates if they increase or decrease
  
• Develops a high level of knowledge about the product line the team member works within; technical solutions solved by this individual will fit well within the long-term roadmap of those products
  
• Solves complex technical problems with minimal oversight
  
• Capable of planning and initiating small-scale technical projects
  
• Mentors fellow team members in their development as Application Engineers, helping them to build correct technical solutions
  

• Additional duties as assigned
  

What we're looking for:

• 4+ years of .NET and SQL Server experience
  
• Unit Testing experience
  
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to work in a very fast-paced environment & welcome change
  
• Act asmentorof junior team members
  

• Highly self-motivated
  
• Experience buildinghighly scalablesoftware solutions
  
• Bachelor'sdegree in related field or equivalent
  

• N-Tierand SaaS development experience is preferred
  

Waystarprovides cloud-based technology that simplifies and unifies healthcare payments.Together, our technology, data and client support streamline workflows and improve financials for our clients, so that they can focus on their patients. 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 and fun.

Waystar products have won Best in KLAS® or Category Leader every year since 2010 and earned multiple #1 rankings from Black Book™ surveys since 2012. The Waystar platform supports more than 500,000 providers, 1,000 health systems and hospitals, and 5,000 payers and health plans. For more information, visitwaystar.comor follow@Waystaron Twitter.

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