Software Engineer, Api

Summary

Join Headspace's growing Care Hub team as a Software Engineer, API and make an impact on over 65 million users. You will design, develop, and maintain APIs using Typescript/Node.js and Python/Django on AWS. Collaborate with a talented team to build innovative features for our EHR system, including AI-assisted note-taking and real-time chat. This role requires 3+ years of experience building APIs and microservices, proficiency in Typescript/JS/Node.js or Python/Django, and strong debugging skills. Headspace offers a competitive salary ($100,800 - $161,000), comprehensive healthcare, wellness stipend, retirement savings match, and generous parental leave. The ideal candidate will have experience with modern frontend frameworks and a passion for collaboration.

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on software development experience building APIs and microservices
• Exposure to modern frontend frameworks such as React, Next
• Experience with Typescript/JS/Node.js and/or Python/Django (strong proficiency in either one, exposure to the other)
• Strong debugging skills and experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, as well as using CI/CD systems
• Excellent communication skills, both written (technical documentation) and verbal (articulating technical ideas clearly both technical and non-technical audiences)
• A passion for collaboration and a desire to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Impact Millions: Your work can impact over 65 million users, contributing to our mission of improving mental health worldwide
• Innovative Technology: Dive into cutting-edge technologies! You'll be prototyping, architecting, and coding with Typescript/JS/Node.js and Python/Django to power our EHR, including features like AI-assisted clinical note-taking, real-time chat, scheduling, and HIPAA-compliant health records storage
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside talented product managers, designers, data analysts, and engineers in a fast-paced, supportive environment
• Design and develop maintainable and flexible services for mission-critical systems that directly support mental healthcare delivery
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code that ensures a seamless experience for Care Providers, members and fellow developers
• Collaborate on the evolution of our Care Platform's architecture, helping to shape the future of our tech stack
• Participate in the full development lifecycle, from collaborating with stakeholders to writing technical specifications and releasing features
• Build and maintain APIs using Typescript/Node.js and Python/Django on AWS-based services

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to alerting, logging, and monitoring frameworks
• Solid understanding of database management and object-oriented programming
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or something equivalent

Benefits

• Base salary, $100,800 - $161,000
• Stock awards
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Retirement savings match
• Lifetime Headspace membership
• Unlimited, free mental health coaching
• Generous parental leave
• Paid performance incentives are also included for those in eligible roles