Applied AI Software Engineer (All Levels)

Blossom Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Equity and growth opportunities

Team outings and office snacks

Job summary

A health technology startup in New York City is seeking a motivated software engineer to design and build scalable systems. The ideal candidate will have over 2 years of experience, be proficient in TypeScript and/or Python, and enjoy working in a dynamic team environment. With a focus on mental health, this role offers competitive salary, equity, unlimited PTO, and excellent health benefits. Team outings and a supportive culture await you in a vibrant NYC office.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional working experience in high-quality environments.
• Ability to build production systems end-to-end with minimal oversight.
• Fluency in TypeScript and/or Python is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable, reliable systems powering core product workflows.
• Ship high-quality code balancing speed and technical rigor.
• Identify and resolve system reliability risks proactively.

Skills

TypeScript

Python

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Job description

Blossom Health exists to solve the mental health epidemic in America by partnering with psychiatrists to expand access to affordable, timely, clinically-effective mental healthcare. Our AI-native care platform is loved by hundreds of clinicians and thousands of patients.

We’re a Series A company with $20M+ raised from Headline, Village Global, and the founders of General Catalyst, Flatiron Health, Sword Health, Grow Therapy, Fay, Elemy, Zip, Blank Street, Assured, Bridge, Birches Health, and Enzo Health.

Why you should work here:

• 🚀 Hyper-growth environment: Get firsthand exposure to how a startup scales from 0→1→n, with visibility across product, engineering, and operations

• 🤝 High trust and autonomy: You’ll own meaningful projects from day one and shape both technical decisions and product direction. We trust engineers to figure out the best path forward - without micromanagement.

• 🧠 Talent-dense team: Work with a top-percentile team built on mutual respect and admiration, with shared goals, motivations, and vision for the future.

• ⚡ Real impact: Your code will directly improve access to mental health care for thousands of patients and clinicians

What we’re looking for:

• Highly motivated, ambitious, and capable - looking to tackle a large, meaningful problem area

• Ownership mindset - thinking for the long-term and placing the business and our customers first

• High velocity and high excellence - have a real sense of urgency to move quickly and take pride in the quality of your work

• An explorer - comfortable with ambiguity and autonomy, seeking to answer questions previously unasked, to leap into the unknown

• An optimist - you believe in a tomorrow better than today

• A builder - you take joy in bringing new creation to the world, in leveraging technology to make useful things

• Humble - you use your gifts in the service of others and understand that success is an output, not an input

What you'll do:

• Design and build scalable, reliable systems powering core product workflows

• Ship high-quality code that balances speed and technical rigor

• Proactively identifying and resolving system reliability risks, owning uptime, observability, and performance as first-class engineering concerns

• Leverage cutting-edge AI to create intuitive and novel clinician and patient experiences

• Conduct thoughtful code reviews and provide technical mentorship, raising the bar for engineering excellence across the team and beyond

You'll thrive here if you:

• Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or related field

• Have 2+ years of professional working experience outperforming in high-quality environments

• Excel at building production systems end-to-end with minimal oversight

• Are fluent in TypeScript and/or Python (experience with LLM-powered apps preferred)

• Are comfortable with traversing the software stack and picking up the latest technologies to drive technical outcomes

• Love autonomy, ambiguity, and ownership

• Are authorized to work in the U.S. and excited to be in-person in NYC 5 days a week

Benefits:

• Competitive salary, equity, growth opportunities

• Best-in-class health, dental, and vision insurance

• A focus on outcomes, not hours, with unlimited PTO

• Team outings, offsites, and a sunny NYC office stocked with snacks