Senior Software Engineer, Backend

Grow Therapy; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 182,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health coverage

Parental leave & family support

401(k) program and equity opportunities

Flexible PTO and paid holidays

Wellness and personal development stipends

No-cost access to therapy

Pet insurance discounts

Job summary

Grow Therapy is hiring a Software Engineer for their Seattle location to enhance the backend systems powering their platform. This role requires designing and shipping server-side features essential for client and provider connectivity.

Ideal candidates will have over 7 years of backend engineering experience, focusing on data quality, reliability, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You will work in a hybrid environment, contributing to impactful projects that address the fragmented mental healthcare access in America.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with service design, data modeling, and API development.
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces.

Responsibilities

• Own backend services and APIs from design to implementation.
• Drive architectural decisions within your team.
• Lead improvements to core platform systems.
• Write clean, well-tested, maintainable production code.
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data.

Skills

Backend engineering expertise

Service design

API development

Data-driven mindset

Collaboration skills

Tools

AI-assisted dev tools

Job description

Grow Therapy is on a mission to serve as the trusted partner for therapists growing their practice, and patients accessing high‑quality care.

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Software Engineer to help build and evolve the backend systems that power Grow Therapy’s platform. In this role, you’ll design, implement, and ship server‑side features and services that directly impact how clients and providers connect, communicate, and access care.

You’ll join a collaborative, product‑focused engineering organization where technical work is closely tied to reliability, scalability, and real‑world outcomes. This role is ideal for an engineer who takes pride in writing clean, well‑tested code, thinks carefully about system design and data integrity, and is energized by the opportunity to grow alongside a fast‑moving team.

Why This Role Matters

Access to mental healthcare in America is still deeply fragmented and Grow Therapy is building the platform to fix that. We connect clients, providers, and health plans in a single integrated system, and the software our engineers ship directly shapes whether people can find and afford the care they need.

We’re growing fast – nearly 22,000 clinicians, over 1.4 million clients, and on track to surpass 10 million sessions in 2026 – and we see ourselves as a generational company with a long way still to go. Engineers who join now have a real opportunity to build systems that matter at meaningful scale.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own backend services and APIs end to end – from technical design through implementation, deployment, and ongoing reliability
• Drive architectural decisions within your team, bringing structure and clarity to complex, ambiguous problem spaces
• Lead improvements to core platform systems, including data pipelines, service reliability, and business logic
• Design and enable safe, repeatable experimentation through robust A/B testing and analysis workflows
• Diagnose and resolve data quality, performance, and correctness issues across systems
• Write clean, well‑tested, maintainable production code and set a high bar through code reviews and technical mentorship
• Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data to translate goals into technical designs and execution plans
• Shape the technical direction of your team and contribute meaningfully to cross‑team architectural discussions

You’ll Be a Good Fit If You Have

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with meaningful ownership of production backend systems
• Deep backend engineering expertise, including service design, data modeling, and API development at scale
• Experience building and operating systems where reliability, data quality, and performance are critical
• Proven ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces and drive clarity across technical and cross‑functional stakeholders
• A highly data‑driven mindset, comfortable with experimentation, measurement, and optimization from both product and technical perspectives
• A product‑mindful approach – you understand how technical decisions impact user experience and business outcomes
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a track record of influencing cross‑functional partners including Product, Design, and Data Science
• Experience using AI‑assisted dev tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot)
• A bias toward ownership, speed, learning, and continuous improvement

Engineering Team Overviews

Marketplace Experience

The Marketplace Experience team shapes how clients discover and evaluate providers on Grow, transforming a simple directory into a guided, personalized entry point to care. As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll work across search, ranking, profiles, and booking flows to build a fast, resilient, and intelligent marketplace that helps every client find the right fit provider and convert that intent into a booked appointment.

Client Activation

The Client Activation team owns the fragile moments between booking and a client’s first few sessions, making starting care feel clear, reliable, and supportive. As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll build and harden systems for scheduling, authentication, notifications, and early‑journey flows that directly determine whether clients show up, come back for visit two, and build lasting relationships with their providers.

Claims Engine

The Claims Engine team powers Grow’s end‑to‑end insurance claim lifecycle, from claim creation through submission, remits, and denials. As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll build robust, observable services that encode complex payor rules, reduce denials and rework, and ensure providers get paid accurately and on time.

Role Details

• Employment Type: Full Time, Exempt
• Base Compensation: The base compensation range for this position is $182,000 - $250,000 USD annually
• This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work onsite from our NYC, San Francisco, or Seattle hub location three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday) and travel 2–3 times per year

Full Time Employee Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus life and disability coverage.
• Parental Leave & Family Support: Up to 18 weeks paid leave and a new child stipend.
• Financial Wellness: 401(k) program and equity opportunities.
• Meals & Home Office Support: Stipends for home office setup and ongoing funds for meals, with tailored perks for both remote and in‑office employees.
• Time Off to Recharge: Flexible PTO, 12 paid holidays, and a full winter break week.
• Wellness & Development: Annual stipends to put towards personal & professional growth.
• Mental & Physical Health Support: No‑cost access to therapy through the Grow platform, weekly flexible hours for self‑care (“Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons”) and memberships to leading wellness apps (such as One Medical, Headspace, and Talkspace).
• Extra Perks: Pet insurance discounts, commuter benefits, and global travel assistance.

Grow Therapy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.