Staff Software Engineer,Fullstack

Headway; San Francisco, Seattle, New York (CA, WA, NY); Remote; USD 233,000 - 276,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health tech company in San Francisco is looking for experienced engineers to join their team. You will work on building systems that enhance access to affordable mental healthcare through innovative technology. Ideal candidates will have strong programming skills, the ability to work across the stack, and a commitment to team collaboration and growth. The role offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

Equity Compensation

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage

HSA / FSA

401K

Work-from-Home Stipend

Therapy Reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience required across multiple technical domains.
• Comfort with modern web application development.
• Ability to mentor others and flex into new areas.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build complex systems.
• Drive technical vision and collaborate across teams.
• Support the growth of team members.

Skills

Experience working across the stack on modern web applications

Strong understanding of at least one programming language

Ability to deal with ambiguity and learn new technologies

Team support and mentoring

Tools

Python 3

TypeScript

AWS

FastAPI

React

Job description

Headway’s mission is to build a new mental health care system everyone can access. We’ve built technology that helps people find great therapists with the first software-enabled national network of providers accepting insurance.

1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but the majority of providers don’t accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance and scale their practice.

Headway was founded in 2019. Since then, we’ve grown into a diverse, national network of over 60,000 mental healthcare providers across all 50 states who run their practice on our software and have served over 1 million patients.

About engineering at Headway

Building a new mental healthcare system at Headway is only possible because of the scale and leverage that software can provide. The engineering team at Headway is a small but mighty team using technology to build that future.

Principles that guide us:

• Focus on the mission: We view software as a means of effecting change in the world, not as an end unto itself.
• Ship small, learn fast: We are building new and novel products and believe that we learn what our users need by quickly shipping and iteration
• Everything is a product: Whether it's our patient search experience or a developer productivity improvement, we treat everything we build at Headway as a product with end-users in mind.
• Optimize for trust: We believe that engineers should be continually learning.

Tools we use:

• Languages: Python 3, TypeScript
• Libraries & Frameworks: FastAPI, React, Remix, Next.js, React Aria
• Infrastructure: AWS, Spark and Kafka
• Version Control: Github, PagerDuty

Projects we’re working on:

At Headway, we have built the largest network of therapists who accept insurance in the country. Continuing to invest to growing our provider network, directly contributes to our mission to create access to affordable mental healthcare.

• Provider referrals: One of the most effective growth channels we have is providers referring other providers to Headway.
• Organic growth: We are investing in things like Search Engine Optimization and self-serve onboarding flows to transform how providers discover and sign up for Headway.
• Onboarding optimization: Onboarding to Headway as a provider means both onboarding onto the product and efficiently getting credentialed as in-network with the insurance companies we work with.
• Enabling new growth: Our vision at Headway is to support every provider no matter where they are in their career.

Who you are

We’re looking for experienced engineers who have the ability to deal with ambiguity and learn new technologies and systems.

For all engineers:

• You have experience working across the stack on modern web applications
• Strong understanding of at least one programming language and comfortability with others
• Shaped work to achieve company and team goals
• Flexed into new technical and non-technical areas as projects require
• Committed team member supporting the growth of those around them

For staff engineers:

• Architected complex systems spanning multiple technical domains or product areas
• Driven technical vision and strategy at the organization level
• Established engineering standards and best practices across multiple teams
• Led major technical initiatives requiring coordination across multiple teams
• Mentored senior engineers and technical leaders

The expected base pay range for this position is $233,000- $276,000. Benefits offered include: Equity Compensation, Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, HSA / FSA, 401K, Work-from-Home Stipend, Therapy Reimbursement, and more.

Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations.