Senior Software Engineer, Web

Headspace • San Francisco, CA

199d • $156,400 - $234,600 • Remote

About The Position

Headspace is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer, Web to join its Paysumer Team and be responsible for building out great partner experience and expanding access to and monetizing the audiences that Headspace can serve via D2C and Health Plan Channels. As part of this team, you'll be tasked with prototyping, architecting, and executing on the creation of our enterprise platform, and be integral in the platform's continued growth. We are open to both full stack or back end focused candidates. Being on the engineering team, you'll be working on a product that impacts more than 65M users. You will help us bring new features to life to meet our mission, while also helping push our platform to newer technologies as we embrace the cutting edge. A big goal needs talented people, so come join us and give your day job a sense of purpose!

Requirements

• At least 3-4 years of hands-on software development experience, building (micro)sites
• Strong understanding of web technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and related frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
• Experience building responsive and accessible web applications
• Knowledge of browser performance optimization and security best practices
• Familiarity with RESTful API design and consumption
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision on projects, while being comfortable collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers, to define, design and ship new features in a remote environment
• Experience with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, as well as using CI/CD system
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Demonstrated ability to make tough technical decisions based off of requirements, constraints, and trade-offs

Nice To Haves

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, with 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Experience with Node.JS and Typescript
• Strong understanding of database management, object-oriented programming, and web application development

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
• Build web apps and APIs, primarily on Typescript/Node.js for our AWS-based services
• 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
• Produce specifications and determine operational feasibility
• Work with product and engineering teams to release services that operate at our high scale

Benefits

• Base salary range of $156,400 - $234,600 + equity + benefits
• Comprehensive healthcare coverage
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Retirement savings match
• Lifetime Headspace membership
• Generous parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Personal and Laundry Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree