Staff Backend Engineer — Claims & Payments Platform

Oscar Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Oscar Health in New York, NY is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of enhancements to our next‑generation claims and payment processing systems. You will work on configuration, DSL extensibility, data pipelines, and system efficiency.

You will apply AI to solve hard problems, mentor engineers, own medium-to-large features, and work across teams with product managers and designers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading technical contributions and mentoring teams.
• 5+ years applying CS concepts in practice within a team.
• 5+ years leading cross-pod or cross-company deliverables.
• Experience delivering stable, maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and development of enhancements to our claims and payment processing systems.
• Apply AI to solve hard problems, automating processes.
• Lead planning, execution and release of complex technical projects across multiple teams.
• Mentor engineers and engineering teams to improve technology and practices.
• Define technical roadmap and influence product roadmap and process enhancements.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Cross-team delivery

System design

AI integration

Code quality

Job description

Oscar Health in New York, NY is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of enhancements to our next‑generation claims and payment processing systems. You will work on configuration, DSL extensibility, data pipelines, and system efficiency.

You will apply AI to solve hard problems, mentor engineers, own medium-to-large features, and work across teams with product managers and designers.