Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

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.

Where a days work is life-changing. Over 12 weeks youll join a product engineering team and own a scoped project addressing a real client provider or business need. Youll contribute to the technical approach and production code work cross-functionally and ship a solution with meaningful impact.

With support from a dedicated engineer Mentor and Engineering Manager youll receive regular guidance candid feedback a midpoint review and a final project review. As one of 10 interns in Grows founding New York City cohort youll also participate in technical learning leadership conversations networking and social experiencesand help shape the program for future interns.

• Youre building a strong technical foundation: Youre currently enrolled in a bachelors or masters degree program in computer science software engineering or a related field with an expected graduation date of Fall 2027 or Spring 2028. Through coursework or hands-on experience youve developed familiarity with data structures algorithms software design and at least one general-purpose programming language. Experience with Python TypeScript React or similar technologies is helpful but not required.

• You use AI tools with judgment: Youre comfortable using AI-assisted development tools to generate debug and verify code while thinking critically about correctness privacy security and impact. (Claude Cursor Copilot or similar)

• You show potential through practice: Youve applied your skills through projects research hackathons open-source contributions student organizations an internship or co-op or other hands-on experiences.

• You bring a high bar and high care: You value quality and attention to detail while treating teammates with kindness honesty and respect.

• You build for the people we serve: You stay close to client provider and health-plan needs and bring urgency to work that can improve access to mental healthcare.

• Own a meaningful project that goes into production becomes part of our product and improves the client and provider experience.

• Participate in planning stand-ups code reviews demos and retrospectives as a member of a product team

• Investigate bugs evaluate tradeoffs and use data and customer context to improve your solution

• Communicate progress risks decisions and learnings throughout the internship

• Present your project technical approach and impact at the end of the program

• Employment Type: Summer Internship Full Time Exempt

• Program Dates: June 1Augustweeks

• This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work onsite from our NYC hub location 3 days per week Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday

• Base Compensation: $50/hr

• Housing Stipend: $5000

• Meal Benefit $25 per day DoorDash credit for onsite days

• Paid Company Holidays

Note: This is a temporary intern position and as such does not include benefits provided to full-time employees.

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.

Use of AI Tools: We use certain AI and automated tools to support recruitment. These tools help our team review applications organize interviews detect potential application integrity issues and maintain interview records; they do not make final hiring decisions.

Application Review: Ashbys AI-Assisted Application Review helps review application materials against role-specific criteria and may flag potential fraud or integrity issues for recruiter review. All advancement decisions are made by our human recruiting team after independent review. See Ashbys AI Bias Audit Report.

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Required Experience:

Intern