Oscar Health
Staff Software Engineer, Backend
$192K–$252K
New York, New York, United States +1 · Remote · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
Remote - Experience
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience; 5+ years in each of the stated leadership, technical contribution, CS application, code quality, and technical team leadership areas.
About the job
Leads engineering of scalable claims and payment processing systems, including their configuration, extensibility, and data pipelines.
What you'll do
- Lead design, development, and delivery of complex technical projects across teams.
- Mentor engineers, set technical direction, and improve engineering practices and system reliability.
- Work with product and business partners to prioritize roadmaps and solve problems.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 5+ years leading cross-pod or cross-company deliverables.
- 5+ years leading technical contributions and improving team output quality.
- 5+ years applying computer science concepts, setting code quality standards, and leading, mentoring, and training engineers.
Pay
$192,000 - $252,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
internally developed DSL, data pipeline architecture, Service-Level Objectives (SLOs)
AI focus
Selectively apply AI to automate and improve processes that were previously tedious and error-prone.
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