Senior Software Engineer, Web

Summary

Join Headspace's Paysumer Team as a Senior Software Engineer, Web, and build a great partner experience, expanding access to and monetizing audiences through D2C and Health Plan Channels. You will prototype, architect, and execute on the creation of the enterprise platform, playing a key role in its growth. The role involves designing and developing high-volume, low-latency applications, building web apps and APIs using Typescript/Node.js on AWS, and contributing to all phases of the development lifecycle. You will work with product and engineering teams to release services at scale, impacting over 65 million users. This is a remote or hybrid role (SF/LA) within the US.

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years of hands-on software development experience, building (micro)sites
• Strong understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Experience building responsive and accessible web applications
• Knowledge of browser performance optimization and security best practices
• Familiarity with RESTful API design and consumption
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on projects, while being comfortable collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers, to define, design and ship new features in a remote environment
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, as well as using CI/CD system
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. Demonstrated ability to make tough technical decisions based off of requirements, constraints, and trade-offs

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
• Build web apps and APIs, primarily on Typescript/Node.js for our AWS-based services
• Write well designed, testable, performant, and efficient code
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle, from collaborating with product stakeholders, writing tech specs & RFCs, to feature release and operations
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Work with product and engineering teams to release services that operate at our high scale

Preferred Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, with 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience with Node.JS and Typescript
• Strong understanding of database management, object-oriented programming, and web application development

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Retirement savings match
• Lifetime Headspace membership
• Generous parental leave