Data Architect

ABOUT THIS POSITION

Waystar, the leading Healthcare Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) technology company, is seeking an accomplished Principal Engineer to lead the technical strategy and execution of our Data Licensing and Resale product offerings. In this highly visible individual contributor role, you will architect and optimize scalable, secure data solutions that deliver high-value licensed data products and insights to customers.

You will work with complex healthcare datasets from multiple source systems and define technical standards for data ingestion, transformation, de-identification, and delivery using modern platforms such as Snowflake, Google BigQuery, and SQL-based technologies. Your deep technical expertise, product-oriented mindset, and leadership will guide cross-functional teams in building high-performance data products that meet the rigorous quality, privacy, and performance standards of Waystar’s customers.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Technical Architecture & Leadership 

- Lead the end-to-end technical design of data licensing infrastructure and customer-facing data products. 

- Define and enforce best practices for data modeling, pipeline architecture, and performance tuning on cloud platforms (Snowflake, BigQuery). 

- Serve as the technical authority for data delivery infrastructure, collaborating with engineering, product, and compliance teams. 

- Drive architectural decisions around scalability, security, and maintainability to support growing customer demand and data volume. 

Enterprise Data Engineering 

- Design, build, and optimize robust, production-grade pipelines to support batch and near real-time delivery of licensed datasets. 

- Implement secure data-sharing frameworks with strict governance, privacy, and de-identification requirements (HIPAA-compliant). 

- Oversee the integration of data from heterogeneous systems (SQL Server, Postgres, APIs) and ensure semantic consistency. 

- Champion quality through monitoring, alerting, and validation systems that support reliable external data delivery. 

Strategic Data Product Enablement 

- Partner with product, legal, and go-to-market teams to translate licensing agreements and customer expectations into executable technical specifications. 

- Lead the creation of scalable, customer-centric data access models—supporting scheduled, on-demand, and API-based delivery patterns. 

- Architect anonymization strategies to support compliant data monetization while preserving analytical value. 

Performance Optimization & Automation 

- Drive automation of data delivery pipelines using Python, SQL, dbt, and orchestration tools like Airflow. 

- Apply advanced optimization techniques including Snowflake partitioning, clustering, and materialized views to minimize cost and latency. 

- Identify and address systemic performance bottlenecks through benchmarking and telemetry-based insights. 

Technical Mentorship & Thought Leadership 

- Provide technical mentorship to data engineers and influence engineering standards across the organization. 

- Contribute to data architecture forums and cross-functional planning efforts for shared platforms and enterprise data capabilities. 

- Stay current with emerging technologies and assess their relevance to licensed data and commercial analytics initiatives. 

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

Required: 

- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field. 

- 8+ years of experience in data engineering, including cloud-based architecture and external-facing data products. 

- Deep hands-on experience with Snowflake, BigQuery, SQL Server, Postgres, Python, and data pipeline orchestration tools. 

- Proven ability to design secure, scalable data systems for external data delivery and monetization. 

- Strong understanding of data licensing, governance, privacy (e.g., HIPAA), and de-identification techniques. 

- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to influence both technical and business audiences. 

Preferred: 

- Experience in healthcare data and familiarity with revenue cycle processes. 

- Demonstrated experience building customer-facing data products or APIs. 

- Thought leadership in data architecture or engineering communities. 

- Track record of delivering high-impact, data-driven products that achieve measurable business outcomes. 

Why Join Us 

- Lead technical strategy for data monetization in a mission-driven healthcare company. 

- Work with cutting-edge cloud and open-source data technologies. 

- Collaborate across engineering, product, legal, and GTM teams to shape the future of data licensing. 

- Competitive compensation, benefits, and opportunities for innovation and recognition. 

ABOUT WAYSTAR

Through a smart platform and better experience, Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle.

Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials so providers can focus on what matters most: their patients and communities. Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers.  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 & fun.

Waystar products have won multiple Best in KLAS® or Category Leader awards 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, visit waystar.com or follow @Waystar on Twitter.  

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.