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Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack

Remote - United States

About the Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack at Headspace:

Headspace is looking for a Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack to join the Clinical Engineering team, which is building a smooth clinical appointment scheduling and provider matching experience. This involves working across the Headspace member app, Care Hub (our in-house web-app and Electronic Health Records system), and backend services to deliver high-quality clinical care to our members.

In this role, you will prototype, architect, and code in our Typescript/React and Python/Django services that power our clinical system, as well as our React web-app. You will serve as a technical leader across multiple projects, author and review technical RFCs, and identify areas for improvement in our products and tech stack. We're searching for a highly talented full-stack engineer with an API/systems focus who can help build the next-generation care platform!

Why Join Headspace's Care Hub Team?

  • Impact Millions: Your work will impact over 65 million users and contribute to our mission of improving mental health worldwide.
  • Innovative Technology: You'll work with cutting-edge technologies, prototyping, architecting, and coding with Typescript/JS/Node.js and Python/Django to power our care experience, from therapist matching and appointment scheduling to third-party integrations and HIPAA-compliant health records storage.
  • Collaborative Environment: You'll work alongside talented product managers, designers, data analysts, and engineers in a fast-paced, supportive environment.
  • Growth Opportunities: You'll contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle, from initial concept to deployment and operations, and play a vital role in evolving our system architecture.

What you will do:

  • Lead projects from requirements gathering through implementation, collaborating closely with product, design, and data engineering stakeholders to identify problems and opportunities.
  • Serve as a technical leader and advocate for our Care Platform's architecture, helping to shape the future of our tech stack and identifying areas for improvement.
  • Design and develop maintainable and flexible services for mission-critical systems that directly support mental healthcare delivery.
  • Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional partners to define, design, ship, and monitor new features while ensuring robust testing and quality standards.
  • Effectively communicate technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Set the standard for quality and technical excellence through code and design reviews and improve engineering processes and procedures.
  • Mentor junior team members and foster their growth through feedback.

What you will bring:

Required Skills:

  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent
  • 8+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Proven track record of successfully leading large project teams and delivering complex projects across product and technology initiatives.
  • Demonstrated experience working in API Development, in Python/Django and/or Typescript/Node.js.
  • Experience working with modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js, and state management frameworks like Redux
  • Strong communication skills (written and verbal) and a positive mindset to identify, collaborate, and drive solutions, explaining technical ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions based on requirements, constraints, and trade-offs, paired with strong documentation skills. Ability to discern and make strong technical decisions based on the business strategy
  • Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience building Health Tech software
  • Exposure to mobile development frameworks, such as Flutter

Pay & Benefits:

The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full-time position is $140,400-$224,250 + equity + benefits. 

Our salary ranges are based on the job, level, and location, and reflect the lowest to highest geographic markets where we are hiring for this role within the United States. Within this range, individual compensation is determined by a candidate’s location as well as a range of factors including but not limited to: unique relevant experience, job-related skills, and education or training. 

Your recruiter will provide more details on the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

At Headspace, base salary is but one component of our Total Rewards package. We’re proud of our robust package inclusive of: base salary, stock awards, comprehensive healthcare coverage, monthly wellness stipend, retirement savings match, lifetime Headspace membership, generous parental leave, and more. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

How we feel about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging:

Headspace is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We strive to create a diverse & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together. 

As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability*, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace. 

*Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Headspace. Please inform our Talent team by filling out this form if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application or interview process.

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All member records are protected according to our Privacy Policy. Further, while employees of Headspace (formerly Ginger) cannot access Headspace products/services, they will be offered benefits according to the company's benefit plan. To ensure we are adhering to best practice and ethical guidelines in the field of mental health, we take care to avoid dual relationships. A dual relationship occurs when a mental health care provider has a second, significantly different relationship with their client in addition to the traditional client-therapist relationship—including, for example, a managerial relationship.  

As such, Headspace requests that individuals who have received coaching or clinical services at Headspace wait until their care with Headspace is complete before applying for a position. If someone with a Headspace account is hired for a position, please note their account will be deactivated and they will not be able to use Headspace services for the duration of their employment. 

Further, if Headspace cannot find a role that fails to resolve an ethical issue associated with a dual relationship, Headspace may need to take steps to ensure ethical obligations are being adhered to, including a delayed start date or a potential leave of absence. Such steps would be taken to protect both the former member, as well as any relevant individuals from their care team, from impairment, risk of exploitation, or harm.

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