Tech Careers at Paytient - Health-Tech Growth Stage in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a speculative/pipeline posting for technical talent across software engineering, data, product management, and IT at Paytient — a health-tech startup founded in 2018 now embedded in nearly 6,000 employer health plans. This signals a growth-stage company with validated product-market fit expanding its team deliberately.
Work-life balance signals are strong:
- Five weeks PTO plus a fully paid company-wide summer break is well above the U.S. average (typically 2–3 weeks)
- Ten weeks bonding leave for new parents and two weeks caregiver leave reflect a family-friendly culture
- Remote-first model with flexible in-person gatherings rather than mandatory office attendance
Compensation structure: No salary ranges are disclosed in this pipeline posting, which is typical for exploratory submissions. The 4% 401(k) match and stock options are competitive for a Series B-stage health-tech company. Equity upside is meaningful given the company's trajectory in a high-growth regulatory-mandated market.
Career development: Working in health-tech at this stage means exposure to regulated financial products, health plan integrations, and scaling infrastructure — highly transferable skills. Roles in health payments, benefits technology, and insurtech are in strong demand.
Green flags: Clear mission, government-mandated product adoption (reducing churn risk), and above-average PTO signal a mature startup culture. Watch for: No specific role definition means timeline to hire and role fit may be uncertain — follow up proactively after submitting.
About Paytient:
We're on a mission to help people better access and afford care.
Every day, millions of people, and their loved ones, need to see a doctor. For most of us, that moment is an uncertain one — we're unsure of what's wrong, who to go to, how long it'll take to be seen, when we'll feel better, and what it'll cost.
Paytient partners with thoughtful employers and health plans who understand the impact of that moment and want to ensure that every one of their plan members are easily able to access and afford care. Our clients understand that an improved ability to self-pay for care changes patient behavior and creates value for the health plan. This founding belief is becoming an emerging standard of care in health plan design and is now, in fact, a mandatory capability in some governmental health plans. Founded in 2018, Paytient is now part of nearly 6,000 employer health plans and providing certainty that people are better able to access and afford care.
We're looking for passionate, collaborative builders to join our team and help us create a future where everyone can more easily access and afford care.
About The Role:
Don't see any technical openings that suit your interests and skills? We're constantly creating new positions as we continue our mission of helping people better access and afford care. We're always excited to hear from talented technical folks — interested in software engineering, data, product management, I.T., and beyond. Please submit your resume, and we'll follow up when there's a role that might suit you!
Our "remote with roots" model allows us to work where we thrive and gather as needed, often in our home office in Columbia, Missouri. This role can be performed from anywhere in the continental U.S., with the exception of Montana.
Benefits We Offer for Full-Time Roles:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- $4,400 annual HSA contribution
- Paytient Health Payment Account (HPA)
- Monthly lifestyle spending stipend
- Five weeks of annual PTO
- Week-long fully paid 'summer break' for all employees!
- Ten weeks of bonding leave for new parents
- Two weeks of caregiver leave
- Employer paid short-term and long-term disability
- 401k plan access with a 4% employer match
- Stock options in Paytient
- ...and more!
Paytient is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
⚠️ Important Notice ⚠️ Please note that all official Paytient recruiting emails come from @paytient.com. If you receive emails from any domain other than @paytient.com, do not respond and report it to us immediately.
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