--- title: Senior Software Engineer at PayZen in San Francisco, CA description: PayZen is hiring for the Senior Software Engineer role in San Francisco, CA. Pays $190K–$225K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/senior-software-engineer-at-payzen-01a18f32-cb06-71eb-863f-92b61caf583d date: 2026-10-31T00:15:18Z og_description: Join PayZen as Senior Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. Pays $190K–$225K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/0ufarz.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | PayZen | | **Location** | San Francisco, CA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $190K/yr - $225K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 30, 2026 | ## Is this job real? **Ghost job check:** B · Low risk. Probably a real opening. ## Visa sponsorship - **H-1B:** PayZen sponsors H-1B visas. It filed 3 H-1B petitions (FY2025 Q4 – FY2026 Q3). - **E-Verify:** PayZen uses E-Verify. ## Pay for similar jobs Most similar jobs pay $167,000 – $268,000 a year (median $226,000). ## 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 Senior Software Engineer — an individual contributor who owns a product surface end-to-end. At this level, you work independently on your surface and are guided on novel domains. You own a product surface within Care Finance's provider and partner platform — the systems that connect PayZen to health systems and partners — on a weeks-long horizon, in an environment governed by HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2. ## Responsibilities **Deliver Reliable Craft on Your Surface** Deliver reliable, high-quality craft on your surface, with AI-native output as the standard. Deepen your fluency with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and SOC 2 as you build. **Identify Gaps and Frame Problems** Identify gaps in your surface and contribute to framing the problems worth solving, considering data and compliance implications. **Deliver Dependably** Deliver reliably on your surface, manage your own dependencies, and escalate with context — not just problems. **Create Clarity Through Writing** Create clarity through writing that stakeholders can act on, communicate tradeoffs to non-engineering partners, and align the people closest to your work. **Give Feedback and Mentor** Give timely peer feedback, start mentoring more junior engineers on craft, and take part in hiring independently. **Automate and Contribute to Shared Tools** Automate recurring manual steps, and contribute to shared tooling and internal libraries. ## Requirements - 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering production systems. - Ability to own a product surface end-to-end and work independently, seeking guidance on novel domains. - Reliable, high-quality craft with an AI-native approach to output. - Experience managing your own dependencies and escalating with context, not just problems. - Hands-on proficiency in at least one of Java, Go, Python, or TypeScript. - Clear written communication that helps stakeholders act, including non-engineering partners. - Growing fluency with application security and compliance-regulated environments; HIPAA, PCI-DSS, or SOC 2 exposure a plus. ## Skills - Go - Application Security - SOC 2 Compliance - PCI DSS - Python - Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (Hipaa) Compliance - Artificial Intelligence - TypeScript - Written Communication - Writing - Java ## Related - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Developer / Engineer jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/software-developer-engineer?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 282296 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 28560 jobs - [Loan Brokers](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/financial-services/loan-brokers?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11937 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 282296 jobs - [San Francisco, CA](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california/san-francisco?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 28560 jobs - [Loan Brokers](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/financial-services/loan-brokers?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 11937 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)