Senior Software Engineer, API - Remote

Overview

Headspace is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer to join its growing Engagement Org. Our org is responsible for building and maintaining the eligibility systems and the enrollment experiences for our growing enterprise & SME customer base, as well as building partnership integrations for strategic partnerships. This role in particular is for the partnerships team wherein you'll be tasked with prototyping, architecting, and executing on the creation of our enterprise platform, and be integral in the Engagement org’s continued growth. We are also big on sharing knowledge, helping each other learn and get better, and you will see frequent mini-tech talks throughout the year.

In Short

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
• Write well designed, testable, performant, and efficient code
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle, from collaborating with product stakeholders, writing tech specs & RFCs, to feature release and operations
• Build APIs, primarily on Typescript/Node.js for our AWS-based services
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Work with product and engineering teams to release services that operate at our high scale

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years of hands-on software development experience, building APIs, (micro)services
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on projects, while being comfortable collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers
• Experience defining, designing and shipping new features in a remote environment
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, as well as using CI/CD system
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Demonstrated ability to make tough technical decisions based off of requirements, constraints, and trade-offs

Benefits

• Base salary, 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 for eligible roles