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About the Role

This is an entry-level role for a Junior Data Engineer to support Waystar’s data modernization journey on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). You will work alongside senior engineers and architects to build and maintain data pipelines, contribute to Medallion architecture, and learn cloud data engineering best practices.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building and maintaining data pipelines into BigQuery using Fivetran and Python.
• Support development of bronze, silver, and gold data layers for analytics use cases.
• Contribute to data transformations using dbt.
• Work with senior engineers to understand orchestration and scheduling concepts.
• Help implement basic data validation and data quality checks.
• Support monitoring of pipelines and troubleshooting data issues.
• Learn best practices for logging, testing, and error handling.
• Contribute to version-controlled development using GitHub.
• Assist in documenting data pipelines, transformations, and data models.
• Learn CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code concepts.
• Partner with data engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand data requirements.
• Support data classification, lineage, and governance initiatives.
• Participate in Data Champions and domain-based data ownership practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
• Strong academic foundation in SQL, Python or similar programming language, and data structures and problem-solving.
• Internship, coursework, or project experience in data engineering, analytics, or cloud platforms.
• Willingness to learn modern data tools and cloud technologies.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure.
• Familiarity with BigQuery or relational databases.
• Familiarity with dbt or data transformation tools.
• Familiarity with APIs and data ingestion concepts.
• Experience with Git or version control.
• Academic or personal projects involving data pipelines or analytics.

Skills

• SQL
• Python
• Data structures
• Problem-solving
• Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)
• BigQuery
• Relational databases
• dbt
• Data transformation tools
• APIs
• Data ingestion concepts
• Git
• Version control
• Data pipelines
• Analytics
• CI/CD
• Infrastructure-as-Code
• Terraform

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Entry-level
• Junior

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards (base salary + bonus, if applicable)
• Customizable benefits package (3 medical plans with Health Saving Account company match)
• Generous paid time off (3 weeks + 13 paid holidays, including 2 personal floating holidays for non-exempt)
• Flexible time off for exempt team members + 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave (including maternity + paternity leave)
• Education assistance opportunities
• Free LinkedIn Learning access
• Free mental health and family planning programs
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility support
• 401(K) program with company match
• Pet insurance
• Employee resource groups

About the Company

• Waystar helps providers simplify healthcare payments and yield powerful results throughout the complete revenue cycle through a smart platform and better experience.
• Waystar’s healthcare payments platform combines innovative, cloud-based technology, robust data, and unparalleled client support to streamline workflows and improve financials.
• Waystar is trusted by 1M+ providers, 1K+ hospitals and health systems, and is connected to over 5K commercial and Medicaid/Medicare payers.
• Waystar is deeply committed to living out its 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.