Right now, we are looking for an outstanding, brilliant, and driven mid-level Application Engineer to join our growing team. While our Advanced 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. These Team Members are also charged with assisting the Client Success department in resolving issues relating to production processes. The Advanced Application Engineer is responsible for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues as well.
Unit tests all changes on development,and then workswith the appropriateBusiness and/orTechnologyOwner(s) to ensurethatthe developed solution meetsthebusiness 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 Management
Develops and maintains a positive relationship with other team members
Handles assignments that require moderate technical and/or business domain research, with minimal oversight
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 theQA Teamany abnormalities required to push the changes from development through the various stages to production
Identifies and informsthe Manager, 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
Additional duties as assigned
What we're looking for:
2+ 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
Highly self-motivated
Ability to work both in team and solo environments
Bachelor'sdegree in related field or equivalent work experience
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.