Tech Lead Engineer, Talkspace
Full Stack & LLM Systems
$160-200k
Online therapy platform
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Online therapy platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$160-200k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make therapy and psychiatry more available and affordable.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 7+ years of professional software development experience
- 2+ years working with LLMs, orchestration frameworks, vector stores, or agentic systems
- Experience designing distributed systems and building production-grade web services
- Proficiency in backend (Node.js/Python), frontend frameworks, and cloud infrastructure
- Experience mentoring engineers and leading technical initiatives
What the job involves
- Our engineering team is looking for a Technical Lead Full Stack Engineer
- This role is responsible for leading a team of software engineers to design, build, and maintain technical architecture
- This includes architecting LLM-driven workflows, implementing safety and guardrail systems, developing scalable backend and frontend components, and ensuring high engineering standards
- The Tech Lead conducts code reviews, manages project execution, and partners closely with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, production-ready features
- Lead and mentor engineers, providing coaching, guidance, and technical support
- Foster a collaborative and transparent team culture that encourages learning and knowledge sharing
- Delegate tasks based on skills and project needs, ensuring effective execution
- Communicate clearly across the team and cross-functional stakeholders
- Serve as the primary architect for LLM and agentic system components, including orchestration pipelines, function-calling, evaluation systems, and safety layers
- Conduct code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering standards and best practices
- Troubleshoot technical issues and drive solutions to complex engineering challenges
- Oversee system maintenance, updates, and monitoring to ensure system health and reliability
- Design scalable and maintainable AI system architectures incorporating LLMs, vector databases, and tool-calling workflows
- Ensure responsible AI practices, including transparency, security, HIPAA compliance, and safe model behavior
- Stay current on industry trends and evaluate emerging technologies for potential adoption
- Oversee project planning, execution, and delivery for full-stack and AI-related initiatives
- Collaborate with product management, design, clinical, and data teams to define requirements
- Communicate project risks, blockers, and needs proactively to stakeholders
Our take
Founded in 2012, Talkspace is one of the established names in the online therapy space, offering a unique, appointment-free approach to mental health support. By providing unlimited access to a network of healthcare professionals, the platform delivers a cost-effective solution to underserved individuals in need of therapy, making mental health services more accessible than ever.
As venture capital interest in digital behavioral health continues to rise, Talkspace faces increasing competition from startups like BetterHealth and Calmerry. However, its 2021 public offering and acquisition of relationship counselling platform Lasting have solidified its position as a leader in the telehealth space.
The company isn't slowing down though. As it continues to innovate, with the launch of Talkspace Engage - a portal designed to help HR teams foster workplace mental wellbeing and increase the use of available mental health resources. More recently, Talkspace expanded its reach to 9.5M military personnel and their families, further solidifying its commitment to making mental hearth care accessible to all.
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Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Nov 2021
$3m
GRANT
Jan 2021
$2.1m
GRANT
Total funding: $115m
Company benefits
- Health: You’ll get comprehensive medical, dental and vision plan coverage from day one
- Retirement: You’ll receive a 401k retirement savings program with company-matching
- Equity: You’ll also receive equity as part of your package
- Wellness: Enjoy a monthly wellness stipend for your own wellbeing
- Flexible time off: You'll have access to flexible PTO
- Mental health: You’ll receive access to all Talkspace products, including therapy and psychiatry
Company HQ
Murray Hill, New York, NY
Leadership
Jon Cohen, M.D.
(CEO)They joined Talkspace in 2022 as CEO. Prior to this, they were they Executive Chairman/CEO at BioReference Laboratories, SVP and Chief Medical Officer at Quest Diagnostics, Senior Advisor to Gov. David Patterson at the New York State Executive Chamber and Chief Medical Officer at Northwell Health.
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