ABOUT THIS POSITION
We are seeking a Technical Manager, Data Engineering, to lead and scale Waystar’s data engineering function while actively contributing to the delivery of our modern data platform. This role combines people leadership, technical ownership, and hands-on engineering to drive execution across our BigQuery-based data platform.You will be responsible for managing a team of data engineers, setting technical directions, and ensuring the successful delivery of scalable ingestion and transformation pipelines across a Medallion architecture (Bronze/Silver/Gold) on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This leader will partner closely with platform leadership, governance, and business domains to establish a reliable, governed, and high-performing data ecosystem.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Team Leadership & Delivery Ownership
- Lead, mentor, and scale a team of data engineers supporting multiple business domains
- Drive delivery accountability, sprint execution, and engineering best practices
- Establish development standards, code reviews, and performance expectations
- Manage capacity, workload balance, and resource planning across initiatives
- Partner with leadership to align engineering priorities with strategic goals
Technical Leadership & Architecture
- Define and enforce data engineering standards, patterns, and best practices
- Provide hands-on technical leadership across BigQuery, dbt, and ingestion frameworks
- Guide architecture decisions for scalable, secure, and cost-efficient data pipelines
- Lead design of domain-aligned, reusable data models and pipelines
- Ensure alignment with governance, data classification, and access control frameworks
Pipeline Engineering & Delivery (Hands-On)
- Design, build, and maintain ELT pipelines into BigQuery using Fivetran and custom APIs
- Oversee and contribute to development of bronze, silver, and gold layers
- Support and review dbt models, transformations, and orchestration workflows
- Implement orchestration using Cloud Composer (Managed Airflow)
- Act as an escalation point for complex technical issues and delivery risks
Data Quality, Observability & Governance
- Enforce data quality, validation, and monitoring standards across pipelines
- Implement logging, alerting, and observability frameworks
- Ensure performance optimization for BigQuery (partitioning, clustering, cost management)
- Enforce security best practices including IAM roles, data access, and auditability
- Drive adherence to data lineage, documentation, and governance requirements
Platform Engineering & Enablement
- Champion CI/CD practices using GitHub and modern deployment pipelines
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code standards (Terraform) for platform consistency
- Improve developer experience, onboarding, and engineering productivity
- Collaborate with Data Governance and Data Champions to enable domain ownership
What You’ll Need
- 8+ years of data engineering experience with enterprise-scale platforms
- 2+ years of experience leading or managing data engineering teams
- Strong hands-on expertise with GCP and BigQuery
- Advanced experience with dbt (required)
- Experience with Fivetran and API-based ingestion frameworks
- Strong Python skills including API integrations and automation
- Proven experience building scalable ELT pipelines and data models
- Experience with data quality, validation frameworks, and observability
- Proficiency with GitHub, CI/CD workflows, and code review practices
- Strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and access controls
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare) preferred
WHAT YOU'LL NEED
- Experience leading teams through cloud data platform migrations (e.g., Snowflake → BigQuery)
- Experience with Terraform (IaC) and platform automation
- Familiarity with Harness CI/CD and GitHub Actions
- Experience with Snowflake and Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Knowledge of data mesh / domain-driven data ownership models
- Experience driving engineering standards across distributed teams
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.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of data engineering experience with enterprise-scale platforms
- 2+ years of experience leading or managing data engineering teams
- Strong hands-on expertise with GCP and BigQuery
- Advanced experience with dbt
- Experience with Fivetran and API-based ingestion frameworks
- Strong Python skills including API integrations and automation
- Proven experience building scalable ELT pipelines and data models
- Experience with data quality, validation frameworks, and observability
- Proficiency with GitHub, CI/CD workflows, and code review practices
- Strong understanding of data governance, lineage, and access controls
- Experience driving performance optimization for BigQuery (partitioning, clustering, cost management)
- Experience leading teams through cloud data platform migrations (e.g., Snowflake -> BigQuery)
- Experience with Terraform (IaC) and platform automation
- Familiarity with Harness CI/CD and GitHub Actions
- Experience with Snowflake and Azure Data Factory (ADF)
- Knowledge of data mesh / domain-driven data ownership models
- Experience working in regulated environments (e.g., healthcare)
Waystar Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight medical, dental, and vision coverage with multiple plan options, mental health resources, wellness initiatives, and HSA/FSA support. Feedback suggests the health offering is a core pillar of a well-rounded package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption, plus fertility and family-planning support, is consistently emphasized in careers content and filings. These programs position the package as family-friendly across the organization.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Offerings include company‑paid PTO with paid holidays and volunteer time off, and some roles reference flexible or unlimited time off. Feedback suggests time‑off programs bolster work‑life balance even as administration may vary by team.
Waystar Insights
What We Do
Waystar harnesses the power of agentic AI, generative AI, and advanced automation to drive meaningful outcomes so providers reach peak financial performance and patients receive care with confidence. The Waystar platform is used by more than 1 million providers and supports over 60% of the U.S. patient population - and integrates with all major HIS and practice management systems. The financial and administrative challenges facing healthcare providers are daunting. Waystar’s technology platform simplifies and unifies healthcare payments across the revenue cycle. We empower healthcare organizations to automate manual work, gain insight into processes and performance, and ultimately collect more revenue. At Waystar, we know there’s a better, more efficient way forward. Let’s climb the mountain ahead of us to reach new heights in healthcare.
Why Work With Us
Our Waystar values serve as a compass to center our decisions, inspire action, and promote outstanding performance. We are dedicated to providing a diverse, inclusive workplace and fostering a shared sense of belonging.
Waystar Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
