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# Operations Architect (Payments) at Yuzu Health

- **Company:** Yuzu Health
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-07-31
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/yuzu-health/8f94d72d-f997-4e66-8ac9-d686a13053cc

## Job description

Background At Yuzu, we're building the next-generation health insurance company. We are NOT building a digital brokerage or an AI wrapper - we are going deeper to build the foundational infrastructure required to power tomorrow’s health plans. We believe that software can unlock the ability to build health insurance that is affordable, adaptable, and scalable. Yuzu’s platform will be core to this future. So how does this actually work? Over 70% of employer-sponsored health plans are self-funded, meaning the employer acts as the insurer and directly covers employees' healthcare costs. This allows companies to customize benefits, gain flexibility, and save money. Self-funded employers partner with a Third-Party Administrator (TPA) to handle the behind-the-scenes plan administration, like processing claims and managing benefits. Yuzu is a vertically integrated & tech-enabled TPA, serving over 70k members. We are a fast-growing company with many opportunities for career advancement and experience. We are currently experiencing rapid growth and are doubling down on our technology and service investments. Learn more about Yuzu at https://yuzu.health/blog.

## Role

- The Operations Architect is Yuzu's senior-track operations role for people with 3-6 years of experience.
- As a Payments Operations Architect, you will help us optimize our payments operations and grow our team. This role has the potential to grow into a management role.
- You will be responsible for managing and improving our accounts payable, accounts receivable, and product-driven reporting functions.
- You will be responsible for problem-solving across the Partnerships, Account Management, and Compliance teams.
- Your job will change completely every 3-6 months as we automate repetitive tasks and grow our business.
- In-person 5 days/week in our West Village NYC office

## Qualifications

- 3-6 years of experience operating in a high-growth startup, consulting, investment banking or investing experience.
- You have to like challenges. This is hard. Oscar Health had 200 employees before they had real customers on their insurance plans. Collective Health had 40. Yuzu had 5.
- You have to want to own a process rather than just work on projects.
- You have to be an ethical and compassionate person.
- You have to want to win.
- You have to care about the team.
- Experience in the healthcare or insurance industries is a plus, but not required.

Our Commitment to You

- We will be honest and responsive.
- We will give you significant equity.
- We will upskill you.
- We will trust you and tell you everything you want to know about the business.
- We will be in the trenches with you. We are not a hierarchical company. Everyone does their fair share of gritty work.

Process If we interview you, you can expect the following process

- Initial 30-45 minute conversation with someone on the team
- A 2 hour take-home assignment designed to be similar to on-the-job work
- An onsite interview
- We may speak with 1-2 references you provide

Salary range: $150-$200k depending on experience and preferred equity versus cash compensation.

## About Yuzu Health

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Yuzu Health is a technology platform that provides the infrastructure behind health insurance plans, offering a unified system for claims processing, payments, member administration, and plan configuration as a third-party administrator (TPA) for employers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; total funding $40M)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Max Kauderer, Ryan Lee, Russell Pekala

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Healthcare technology / health insurance plan administration (Insurtech)
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Plan Designers who create employer health insurance plans, employers, and other TPAs
- **Mission**: “Bringing trust and transparency back to health insurance” by rebuilding the system from the ground up, tackling root causes rather than symptoms.

## Products & Services
- **Claims Engine**: Fully in-house code for timely and reliable adjudication of all claim types and remittances, owned entirely by Yuzu.
- **Payment Infrastructure**: Custom auto-ledgering system providing real-time transparency into where dollars are spent, with no latency.
- **Support Tools**: Custom call routing, workflow alerts, case management software, and proactive tools built into the portal.
- **Human-Centered Portals**: Portals and communications for employers, members, and vendors, built from scratch with white-labeling so everything is branded to the plan designer.
- **Reporting & Analytics**: Real-time raw data and analytics for drill-down and big-picture views, with no black boxes.
- **Integrations**: Streamlined connections for PBM, stop loss, and other high-priority vendors to enable a single source of truth.
- **Benefits Builder**: Tool to add tiers, accumulators, and custom benefits when designing a plan.
- **Document Handling**: Auto-generation of SPDs and SBCs with eSignature capabilities in the portal.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $40M total funding raised (Series A of $35M closed April 2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: General Catalyst (lead), Chemistry (lead), Anthropic’s Anthology Fund, Bain Future Back Ventures, Timeless Ventures, Lachy Groom, Neo
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount grew 342% year-over-year to 57 employees (as of mid-2026)
  - LinkedIn followers grew 148% annually
  - Revenue of ~$500K (early stage, rapidly scaling)
  - Active hiring across product, engineering, sales, operations, and finance

## Competitive Advantages
- **In-house everything**: Unlike many TPAs that rely on third-party software, Yuzu owns every line of code for claims adjudication, payment infrastructure, and portals – giving full control and transparency.
- **White-labeling**: Fully branded portals and communications allow plan designers to maintain their own identity.
- **Real-time transparency**: Custom auto-ledgering and raw data reporting provide unmatched visibility into plan spending and performance.
- **Modern tech stack**: Built from the ground up rather than patching legacy systems, enabling faster iteration and better user experience.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current Priorities**: Scaling the platform to launch more groups, deepening integrations with partners (PBM, stop loss), and expanding the sales team to reach health systems, TPAs, and employers directly.
- **Direction for Growth**: Becoming the operating system for innovative health plans, simplifying plan administration, and enabling plan designers to focus on creative plan designs rather than infrastructure.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes small teams, in-person collaboration, a product mindset (not just a role), and a willingness to question the status quo. The team builds everything in-house and cares deeply about the work.
- **Work Policy**: In-person / office-based in New York (227 West 29th Street). Collaboration happens face-to-face.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to rebuild healthcare infrastructure from scratch; work with a fast-growing, well-funded startup backed by top-tier investors; direct impact on product and company direction.
- **Engineering Culture**: Engineers are expected to own the product, work in small cross-functional teams, and have a high degree of autonomy. Current open roles include Product Engineer, Software Engineer (Backend), and Software Engineer (Data Systems).

## Sources
1. [yuzu.health](https://yuzu.health/) – Company website
2. [yuzu.health/about](https://yuzu.health/about) – About page
3. [yuzu.health/careers](https://yuzu.health/careers) – Careers page
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/yuzu-health) – CB Insights profile
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/yuzu-health) – LinkedIn company page

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