Senior Backend Software Engineer, Octave
$142.6-176k
Salary dependent on location + Stock options
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Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
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Specialized therapy, coaching & workshops
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$142.6-176k
Salary dependent on location + Stock options
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create a new standard for mental health care that's both accessible to people and sustainable for providers.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum of 5 years of experience building robust and scalable backend applications
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code and continuous deployment in production
- Experience working with healthcare, healthcare technology, and clinical staff, or other regulated industries
- Proficiency with gRPC, Protobuf, and other modern API protocols, including designing and integrating services across distributed systems
- Experience with relational database systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL
- Experience integrating and synchronizing data with third party APIs
- Experience with continuous delivery and troubleshooting production code
- Deep expertise in Python and at least one major web framework, with experience designing, building, and maintaining production-grade applications
- Proven track record deploying and operating enterprise Python applications in production, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and maintainability
- Strong commitment to writing high-quality, well-tested, and readable code, with a habit of improving codebases and processes over time
- Proficiency in debugging, monitoring, and optimizing systems, and the ability to make thoughtful architectural decisions in complex domains
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, able to partner with engineers, clinical staff, and operations teams to solve open-ended problems and deliver impactful solutions
- Passion for mission-driven work, with an interest in applying engineering skills to improve healthcare systems and outcomes
- Experience mentoring or guiding peers, providing technical leadership, and helping the team adopt best practices and thoughtful processes
- Ability to take ownership of significant features or subsystems, drive them to completion, and proactively identify opportunities for improvement
- Must be able to frequently communicate with others through virtual meeting applications such as Zoom and Google Meet
- Must be able to observe and communicate information on company provided laptop
- Move up to 10 pounds on occasion
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future
What the job involves
- The Sr Engineer I - Backend plays a key role in designing, building, and maintaining robust, scalable systems that support clients seeking care, providers delivering care, and the operational infrastructure that enables them
- As a senior member of our growing team, you will work remotely, leveraging Python (Django/FastAPI), gRPC, and GraphQL to architect and implement backend services, streamline operations, and maintain integrations with a variety of partners
- You will take ownership of significant features or subsystems, influence technical decisions, mentor peers, and help shape best practices across the team, all while contributing to mission-driven work in the healthcare space
- Design, develop, and implement scalable and robust backend systems and APIs using Python
- Optimize database schemas, queries, and overall performance while maintaining security and data integrity
- Lead debugging, profiling, and monitoring of backend services, proactively identifying and addressing issues before they impact users
- Participate in technical design and architecture discussions, making well-reasoned tradeoffs for system performance, scalability, and maintainability without guidance
- Drive adoption of best practices for testing, code quality, documentation, and observability across backend systems
- Own features or subsystems end-to-end, from design through deployment and monitoring, ensuring robust, maintainable implementations
- Produce clean, readable, and well-tested code, making thoughtful decisions about when to add comments versus relying on self-documenting patterns
- Serve as a subject-matter expert in a portion of the backend domain, providing guidance, code review, and mentorship to other engineers
- Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable backend solutions
- Partner with frontend and other teams to ensure seamless integration and high-quality delivery of full-stack features
- Mentor and support engineers through pairing, design reviews, and technical guidance
- Proactively surface risks, ambiguities, or technical limitations in project requirements, contributing to early course correction
- Communicate effectively, clearly, and concisely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Contribute to team practices, processes, and documentation to improve efficiency and knowledge sharing
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice
Our take
With roughly 50 million adults suffering from mental illness in the United States, a new generation of startups are aiming to help people ease conditions like depression, grief, anxiety, and stress, by increasing access to mental health care.
Octave is one of these companies, classing itself as a national behavioral health practice. It offers therapy, coaching, and group classes both virtually and through in-person sessions, with virtual services available in a number of US states. And because of its strong relationship with insurance providers, 96% of Octave clients use insurance, making mental health care more accessible and affordable for a wider range of individuals.
In just a short time, Octave has experienced impressive growth, tripling the number of clients it serves by transitioning its in-person offerings online and launching an exclusive virtual therapy and coaching practice. This continued success is driven by strategic partnerships and an expanding network, with a clear focus on growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
90% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Feb 2024
$5m
LATE VC
May 2023
$52m
SERIES C
Total funding: $125.3m
Company benefits
- Company-sponsored life insurance
- Disability and AD&D plans
- 401k Retirement
- Medical, dental and vision
- FSA & HSA
- Dependent care and commuter/parking options
- Generous PTO
- Paid parental leave
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sandeep Acharya
(Founder & CEO)Obtained an MBA from Harvard and then joined Bain as a Senior Associate Consultant. Eventually became VP of Bain Capital, and was also VP of Strategy at One Medical Group.
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