Principal Full Stack Engineer, Seven Starling
$190-210k
Online care for perinatal mental health
Open for applications
Online care for perinatal mental health
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$190-210k
21-100 employees
Company mission
To improve maternal mental health outcomes.
Role
Who you are
- This is a high-impact role for a true builder: someone who thrives in early-stage environments, brings strong architectural judgment, and has deep experience in healthcare technology
- Seasoned startup engineer: 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years in startups where you’ve built and scaled systems under fast growth
- Healthcare technology veteran: Demonstrated experience building and scaling products in healthcare or similarly regulated industries (HIPAA, SOC2, or equivalent)
- Architect & hands-on builder: Deep experience designing and implementing distributed, cloud-native systems. Proficiency with Google Cloud (GKE, Pub/Sub) and Postgres is a strong plus
- Fullstack expertise: Highly skilled with modern frontend (React/TypeScript) and backend technologies; able to comfortably span the stack when needed
- Strong communicator & collaborator: Capable of articulating complex technical decisions to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders
- Leader & multiplier: Natural mentor who raises the bar for technical quality and operational excellence across the team
- Mission-driven: Passionate about improving healthcare access and outcomes, and energized by the chance to shape a product that changes lives
Desirable
- Experience in early-stage product architecture where you had to make foundational build vs. buy decisions
- Prior role as a Principal or Senior Staff Engineer in a digital health startup
What the job involves
- As the third engineering hire at Seven Starling, you will be a cornerstone of our technical organization, helping to shape the architecture, systems, and culture that will power our next stage of growth
- Partnering closely with our COO, Founding Senior Principal Engineer, Senior Full Stack Engineer, and Product team, you’ll ensure our platform is robust, secure, and scalable while also leading the build of innovative new products and experiences that set new standards for impact
- You’ll be both a significant hands-on contributor and a strategic technical thought partner, serving as a multiplier for the engineering team as we scale
- Build & ship innovative products quickly: Balance speed and quality to deliver innovative new products, platform improvements, and operational tooling at startup velocity
- Ensure healthcare-grade compliance: Design and implement HIPAA-compliant systems that safeguard PHI and maintain rigorous security and audit standards
- Collaborate across functions: Work closely with the COO, Senior Product Manager, Operations, and Clinical leadership to build solutions that meet diverse stakeholder needs
- Contribute to our engineering best practices: Lead on design patterns, testing strategies, deployment pipelines, observability, and incident response
- Act as a thought partner to leadership: Provide strategic technical input to company roadmap and help evaluate trade-offs between speed, scale, and compliance
- Partner with the Founding Senior Principal Engineer to set technical direction & architecture: Drive decisions around system design, infrastructure, scalability, and security, ensuring our architecture can support rapid growth and long-term resilience
- Mentor and level up the team: Help mentor and coach our team as it grows, sharing knowledge, and helping instill a culture of technical excellence and accountability
Our take
One-third of mothers will experience perinatal mood disorders like anxiety and depression - but only a quarter of those who receive a diagnosis go on to get treatment. This no doubt contributes to the US having some of the worst maternal health outcomes in the developed world. Seven Starling is hoping the newly popular telehealth model can help tackle this.
The Seven Starling app offers a three-pronged treatment service for new and expecting mothers in need: licensed therapy, group support networks, and access to medication if required. This combination is reported to improve outcomes for 90% of new and expecting mothers within three months. Seven Starling’s telehealth app model means users can vault many of the access issues that would otherwise prevent them from getting this treatment.
It’s a hyper-specific approach to women’s health that mirrors the trend happening more broadly across HealthTech. Instead of attacking a diverse bucket of issues, we’re seeing startups begin to specialize in particular areas. So whilst Seven Starling is still a new entrant, it’s hitting all the right telehealth startup marks.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Sep 2025
$8m
SERIES A
Jul 2024
$10.9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $22.4m
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Julia A. Cole
(CPO)Previously a Strategy & Operations Business Analyst at Deloitte, they then moved to KIND where they worked as a Strategy Associate.
Sophia Richter
(COO)Originally a BCG consultant, who served as assistant VP of strategy at the NYC Economic Development Corporation. Subsequently took an MBA at Harvard Business School.
Tina Beilinson
(CEO)Previously a Business Analyst at Deloitte, they then moved into a Senior Strategy Management role at Warby Parker.
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