Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About Us:

Grow Therapy is on a mission to serve as the trusted partner for therapists growing their practice and patients accessing high-quality care. Powered by technology we are a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers augments insurance payors and serves patients. Following the mass increase in depression and anxiety the need for accessibility is more important than ever. To make our vision for mental healthcare a reality were building a team of entrepreneurs and mission-driven go-getters. Since launching in February 2021 weve empowered more than ten thousand therapists and hundreds of thousands of clients across the country and insurance landscape. Weve raised more than $178mm of funding from Sequoia Capital Transformation Capital TCV SignalFire and others.

The Opportunity

Were hiring a Software Engineer to help build and evolve the backend systems that power Grow Therapys this role youll design implement and ship server-side features and services that directly impact how clients and providers connect communicate and access care.

Youll 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.

Were growing fast - nearly 22000 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 Youll 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

Youll 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-minded 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 youll 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 clients first few sessions making starting care feel clear reliable and supportive. As a Software Engineer on this team youll 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 Grows end-to-end insurance claim lifecycle from claim creation through submission remits and denials. As a Software Engineer on this team youll 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 $182000 - $250000 USD Annually.

This is ahybrid 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 23 times per year (e.g. company and department offsites).

The base compensation for this role will vary depending on several factors including relevant experience qualifications and the candidates working location.

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-costaccess 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.

Research shows that some groups hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. If youre excited about this role but dont check every box we encourage you to apply. At Grow we value diverse experiences transferable skills and the unique strengths each person brings.

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.

Use of AI Tools: By submitting your application you acknowledge and consent to the use of automated tools as part of our recruitment process. Specifically we use a third-party AI toolGem to assist in theinitial screening of resumes. This tool analyzes resumes based on role-specific criteria provided by our recruiters to identify potentially strong matches for the role. Importantly no hiring decisions are made by the AI tool.All decisions about which candidates move forward are made by our human recruiting team after independent review.More information about Gems approach to compliance withCalifornia FEHA regulations on automated decision systemsandNew York Local Law 144can be found on the Gem compliance website.We are committed to transparency and fairness in our hiring practices. If you have questions about how our AI tools work or would like more information about how your application will be processed please contact us at . If you require an accommodation due to a disability or have concerns about the use of AI in the hiring process please also contact us. We are happy to provide assistance or offer an alternative method of participating in the recruitment process.