Project Healthy Minds

Project Healthy Minds

Lead Software Engineer

New York, NY · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$225k-$250kDetected 89 days ago
TypeScriptPythonNext.jsBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewGCPCloud PlatformsCI/CDData EngineeringLLMsA/B TestingFDA RegulatoryCommunication

About the role

  • This is a full-time, in-office position.
  • We've assembled a truly best-in-class network across business, academia, and media -- working to help us reach our goals, and we're still growing. • A big, bold vision with backing.
  • To achieve our target scale of impact, we're funded by a combination of private philanthropy and earned revenue.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build LLM-driven workflows to acquire, structure, and maintain production-grade data from disparate sources
  • Own and evolve the core technical architecture of the PHM platform, with a focus on data modeling, normalization, and performance
  • Partner with external data providers to ingest data via APIs and feeds, while designing resilient systems to handle incomplete or inconsistent inputs
  • What brings us to this particular nonprofit is the recognition of a rare opportunity to drive massive positive impact in society.
  • Define schemas, normalization strategies, and data contracts that support reliable downstream product experiences
  • Implement and optimize sorting, ranking, and retrieval logic to support discovery, comparison, and decision-making use cases
  • Partner closely with Product and Design to translate ambiguous product needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Partner with Legal and other stakeholders on compliance-related technical decisions
  • Support hiring and onboarding of additional senior engineers over time REQUIREMENTS

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with deep expertise in backend systems and data infrastructure

Skills

  • Proficiency in Python or TypeScript for backend development
  • Hands-on experience with data pipelines-ingesting, transforming, and normalizing data from APIs, feeds, and unstructured sources
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) and CI/CD practices
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity-translating messy product requirements into clean technical solutions
  • Strong communication skills; ability to explain technical tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
  • Passion for the mental health space NICE TO HAVE
  • Experience with ranking, retrieval, or recommendation systems
  • Background in marketplaces, healthcare data, or compliance-sensitive domains
  • Familiarity with our stack (NextJS, GCP) is helpful but not required WHY THIS IS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY
  • All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.
  • COVID Guidelines: The health and safety of our Project Healthy Minds community is the highest priority.
  • Requests for reasonable accommodations for medical, religious, or other reasons will be considered in accordance with applicable law.

Compensation

  • What We Offer • Competitive compensation • Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits • Paid holidays and generous PTO • Life insurance • Short-term and long-term disability • Spring Health mental healthcare • Commuter benefits • Perk

Benefits

  • About Project Healthy Minds Project Healthy Minds is a mental health nonprofit that runs like a tech startup.
  • applying technology to address one of the biggest social issues of our time: the growing mental health crisis.

Company info

  • We are poised to continue our multi-year track record of strong year-over-year growth. • Startup mindset, social mission ethos.

Equal opportunity

  • Project Healthy Minds is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual's sex, age, race, color, creed, national origin, alienage, religion, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation or affectional preference, gender identity and expression, disability, genetic trait or predisposition, carrier status, citizenship, veteran or military status and other personal characteristics protected by law.
  • Project Healthy Minds will provide reasonable accommodations as required by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws, and will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable "Fair Chance" laws.

Visa & Work Authorization

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