Associate Software Engineer

The Team:

At Amae we are a collective of healthcare leaders and technologists on a mission to create a radically different patient-first behavioral health care model that truly transforms patient’s lives by integrating care delivery, patient experience, cutting edge technology and research. Join a team of operators, builders and technologists from One Medical, Forward Health, Stanford, UCLA, Hinge Health, Palantir, The Four Seasons, and Brightline as we redefine care for the most vulnerable populations - across the nation, at scale. 

The Opportunity: 

As we expand our ability to care for complex patient populations, the core teams that support this work are also growing! We are seeking an Associate Software Engineer to help build and scale Amae Health’s patient and clinic facing technology platform. Central to shaping how patients and families access our precision psychiatry services, this role is fundamental to ensuring our solutions are both technically robust and adaptable to the evolving needs of care. As part of the technology team at Amae , you’ll help define how software development 3.0 can be harnessed responsibly in healthcare to expand access to life-changing care.

About You:

You’re a full-stack engineer who thrives at the intersection of traditional engineering best practices and the emerging AI-native development paradigm. You’re fluent in writing and reviewing production-grade code, but you also bring discernment and pragmatism in how to integrate AI-generated code into a secure, reliable product.

You’re equally comfortable architecting backend systems as you are collaborating on frontend experiences. You take pride in mentoring peers, raising engineering standards, and ensuring code quality across the stack. You’re energized by the fast pace of early-stage work and motivated to build systems that directly improve mental health outcomes for patients and families.

What you’ll work on: 

Full-Stack Development

• Lead design, implementation, and review of features across the stack, with emphasis on scalable, secure, and maintainable architecture.
• Build backend services, APIs, and frontend interfaces that power the patient experience.
• Contribute to both backend and frontend, with flexibility to lean where your strengths are deepest.

AI-Native Engineering (Software 3.0)

• Leverage LLMs and AI-native tooling to accelerate development while maintaining rigorous standards.
• Apply strong code review practices to both human- and AI-generated contributions, ensuring correctness, security, and long-term maintainability.
• Help define best practices for AI-augmented workflows in production-grade healthcare software.

Collaboration

• Partner with product, design, and clinical teams to translate mental healthcare needs into intuitive software.
• Participate in architectural discussions and guide the evolution of our platform.

What you’ll have: 

• 1+ years of professional software engineering experience, with proven full-stack contributions
• Strong fundamentals in modern backend (Node.js, Python, or similar) and frontend frameworks, with Next.js experience preferred
• Deep familiarity with cloud-native environments (AWS & Vercel)
• Pragmatic approach to code review: able to spot issues in both human- and AI-generated code, and guide teams toward best practices
• Excitement about “software development 3.0”—working AI-native, but with the maturity to know when traditional approaches are required
• Collaborative, mission-driven mindset, motivated to improve mental health outcomes at scale
• This is a full-time in person role based in our San Francisco or Manhattan offices

• Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental & vision plans
• Competitive compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k)
• FSA & HSA savings programs
• Short & long-term disability
• Pre-tax commuter assistance program
• Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
• Parental Leave - 12 weeks for birth and non birth parent
• 11 company holidays

Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Base salary range for this role is $115,000 to $155,000 per year based on a full-time schedule and the compensation package will include equity. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate's experience and professional leveling and it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range. These factors include, but are not limited to, job related knowledge and skill set, depth of experience, certifications, degrees, licensures, and specific work location.