Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About Us:

Grow was born to tackle a critical challenge: making mental health care more effective and accessible for everyone. Since launching in 2020 15 million sessions have started on Grow and weve barely scratched the surface. We do it through a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers augments insurance payors and serves patients. Every solution we build reveals ten more waiting to be delivered and thats just what gets us going. Weve backed that ambition with more than $328M in funding including our Series D at a $3B valuation from Sequoia Capital Transformation Capital TCV SignalFire Menlo Ventures Goldman Sachs Alternatives and others.

At Grow the work you do can literally change someones life. Your work here doesnt stay on a screen; it impacts whether someone can find afford and access quality care. That ambition sets us apart and offers you an endless runway to impact one of the worlds most urgent issues. We dont have passenger seats here. Everyone is driving something that matters.

This work deserves real commitment. So if you thrive on meeting problems head on untangling serious complexity and working at pace with the sharpest yet kindest people around youve come to the right place.

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.

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.

• 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

• 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

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:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive medical dental vision life and disability coverage.

• Grow for Grow: No cost access to therapy through the Grow platform (available to US employees)

• Financial Wellness: Retirement savings programs and equity opportunities to help you invest in your future.

• Flexible Time Off Paid Holidays & Winter Break: Flexible time off company paid holidays (which vary by country) and a full company wide Winter Break to rest and recharge

• Parental Leave: Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave to support you and your growing family and a new child stipend.

• Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons: Dedicated weekly flexible time for self care whether thats therapy exercise journaling time with family or simply taking a break.

• Wellness & Development Stipend: Annual stipend to support your personal wellbeing and professional growth from fitness and education to books and learning resources.

• Commuter Benefits: Pre tax commuter benefits to support teammates working from one of our hub locations.

• Home Office & Meals: Support for your home workspace plus meal benefits with offerings tailored to both remote and hub based employees.

• Additional Perks: A variety of wellbeing benefits including wellness memberships virtual care pet insurance discounts (where available) 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.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC