Senior Software Engineer, Backend

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Software Engineer to help build and evolve the backend systems that power Grow Therapy's platform. In this role, you'll design, implement, and ship server-side features and services that directly impact how clients and providers connect, communicate, and access care.

You'll 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.

What You'll 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

You'll 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, you’ll 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 client’s first few sessions, making starting care feel clear, reliable, and supportive. As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll 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 Grow’s end-to-end insurance claim lifecycle, from claim creation through submission, remits, and denials. As a Software Engineer on this team, you’ll 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 $182,000 - $250,000 USD Annually.

This is a hybrid 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 2–3 times per year (e.g., company and department offsites).

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-cost access 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.