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title: 'Staff Software Engineer at PayZen'
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# Staff Software Engineer at PayZen

- **Company:** PayZen
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/payzen-inc/f62c00cd-e17c-4e90-a1c3-b1b108f3d517

## Job description

## ABOUT PAYZEN

PayZen is on a mission to bring financial health to healthcare. Our products improve both access and affordability for patients and cash flow and administrative complexity for medical providers. We are trusted by a rapidly growing number of health systems, hospitals, and physician groups and are backed by leading venture capital investors, including NEA, SignalFire, Viola Group, and 7Wire Ventures.

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer — a senior individual contributor who works across multiple systems on open-ended problems, in close collaboration with peers. At this level, your impact reaches well beyond your own workstream.

You work across Care Finance's provider and partner platform — the systems that connect PayZen to health systems and partners — on a months-long horizon, keeping them reliable under HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 controls.

## RESPONSIBILITIES

Set the Craft Standard

Bring expert craft and systems thinking, and teach others as you go. Use AI-native approaches to make work that was impossible a quarter ago the new baseline.

Find the Problems Others Miss

Find the problems others miss, and shape solutions that strengthen PayZen's data asset and expand what the platform can own across the patient financial lifecycle.

Drive Workstreams End-to-End

Drive workstream delivery end-to-end. Set ambitious but feasible milestones, sequence work to deliver value early, and unblock others proactively.

Shape Direction Cross-Functionally

Shape the direction of your product surface with cross-functional partners, and adjust your approach through pivots without losing momentum.

Coach and Give Feedback

Coach others on compounding their impact, give actionable feedback across workstreams, and advocate for strong candidates at the hiring bar.

Build Leverage for the Team

Build tools and systems that create structural leverage for the team, multiplying your impact well beyond your own workstream.

## REQUIREMENTS

- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale.
- Expert craft and strong systems thinking across multiple systems or surfaces.
- A track record of finding high-impact problems others miss and driving solutions end-to-end.
- Experience setting ambitious but feasible milestones and sequencing work to deliver value early.
- Hands-on proficiency in at least one of Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript; you write and review code daily.
- Experience building tools or shared systems that make a whole team faster.
- Working knowledge of application security and compliance-regulated environments; HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or
- SOC 2 exposure preferred.
- A habit of coaching peers and giving actionable feedback.

## About PayZen

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PayZen provides AI-powered, interest-free patient financing solutions for healthcare providers to improve affordability and cash flow.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed by NEA, SignalFire, Viola Group, 7Wire Ventures)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (near Oracle Park) and Tel Aviv, Israel
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Itzik Cohen (CEO) and Tobias Mezger (CRO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Healthcare financial technology (patient financing, revenue cycle management)
- Target customers: Hospitals and health systems of all sizes (community hospitals to large IDNs), B2B
- Mission: "Bring financial health to healthcare" and "make care accessible and affordable for every patient"

## Products & Services
- **Post-Service Payment Plans**: Interest-free, personalized payment options based on patient's ability to pay, tailored via AI using 30,000+ data points. Enroll in under a minute. (Service / SaaS)
- **Pre-Service Care Card**: Enables patient financing for pre-service and recurring use, removing financial barriers and increasing point-of-service collections. (Service)
- **Financial Assistance Automation**: AI-powered presumptive screening and workflow automation for patient applications. (SaaS)
- **Balance Sheet Boost**: Transition existing payment plans to PayZen to unlock immediate cash flow for providers. (Service)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**: 111 total employees (39 product + tech) – per Built In; providers see an average ~30% collection lift; 78% patient enrollment success rate; patient NPS 50% higher than industry average
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: NEA, SignalFire, Viola Group, 7Wire Ventures
- **Growth Signals**: Pre-built integrations with Epic, Cerner, and other major EHRs; four-week go-live timeline; expanding from post-service plans into a holistic affordability platform

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-driven personalization**: Uses 30,000+ data points to create customized, interest- and fee-free plans that improve patient enrollment and provider revenue
- **Zero-interest, zero-fee model**: Patient-friendly terms that reduce bad debt and improve satisfaction
- **Seamless integration**: Pre-built EHR integrations with Epic and Cerner, zero IT investment required, four-week implementation
- **Automated workflows**: Reduces administrative burden for healthcare staff
- **End-to-end platform**: Covers pre-service, post-service, financial assistance, and balance sheet solutions

## Strategic Focus
- Expanding from patient financing into a comprehensive, data-driven affordability platform that automates manual processes and improves revenue cycle outcomes for providers.
- Deepening AI/ML capabilities to further personalize patient engagement and optimize collection lift.
- Scaling sales across all segments of U.S. hospitals and health systems.

## Why Work Here
- **Hybrid schedule**: In-office Monday, Tuesday, Thursday; remote Wednesday and Friday
- **Benefits**: Discretionary time-off, 16 weeks parental leave, fully paid healthcare plans for US employees
- **Culture**: Collaboration and transparency emphasized – open Q&A at all-hands, engagement surveys, team meals, global events
- **Career growth**: Bi-annual feedback and compensation reviews, career planning, ownership of high-impact projects
- **Mission-driven**: Solving the U.S. healthcare affordability crisis, directly impacting patients and providers
- **Offices**: San Francisco (Oracle Park area) and Tel Aviv; remote options available for some roles

## Sources
1. [payzen.com](https://payzen.com/)
2. [payzen.com/careers](https://payzen.com/careers/)
3. [payzen.com/about-us](https://payzen.com/about-us/)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/payzen)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/payzen-inc)

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