Headway

Headway

Staff Backend Software Engineer (Revenue Engine)

New York, NY · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$264k-$330kDetected 47 days ago
TypeScriptPythonReactNext.jsFastAPIDistributed SystemsCode ReviewPostgreSQLRedisSnowflakeAWSDatadogTemporalKafkaSparkLLMsLeadershipCommunicationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • 1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people.
  • We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance.

Responsibilities

  • Every payment that's charged or paid out, every claim that's filed and reconciled, every dollar that flows through Headway depends on the systems your teams own.
  • You'll lead the design of fault-tolerant, observable, and deeply reconciled integrations with the third-party services we depend on.
  • You'll build the abstractions and standards that let dozens of adjacent engineering teams - Billing Infrastructure, Patient Billing, Provider Payouts, and others - ship faster and more safely on top of our platform.
  • You pull engineers into design discussions without being asked.
  • Real feedback from therapists and patients is worth more than another round of design review.
  • Whether it's a Slack thread, a design doc, or a cross-team meeting, you communicate clearly and concisely.
  • The Mission: We reimburse your therapy and provide a professional development budget. We believe in what we're building.
  • We believe in what we're building.

Requirements

  • You know how to define the solution, pull in the right people across teams, and keep things moving when priorities shift.
  • Ships Fast, Iterates Faster: You can move from problem statement to working solution quickly.
  • You know that great engineering is wasted if you can't bring people along.
  • Initial screen: You'll connect with someone in recruiting so you can learn more about the team, Headway's mission and exciting growth, and we can get a better idea of your background.
  • You can move from problem statement to working solution quickly.

Skills

  • Cursor, Claude, Gemini, Eddy (our in-house cloud agent harness)
  • The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare.
  • Over 75,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients.
  • Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.

Compensation

  • $264,000 - $330,000 base salary plus a competitive equity package.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 401(k), Carrot Fertility reimbursement, and 16-week parental leave.
  • Time Off: 13 holidays, a full week off in December, and flexible PTO.

Company info

  • We are hiring our Staff Engineering roles out of our 3 hubs - NYC, SF, and Seattle.
  • There is no onsite requirement, but engineers should be located in one these regions.
  • There are offices in these 3 cities for anyone interested in in-office time.
  • After you apply to Headway, here are some details of what to expect during the interview process.
  • This is platform work in the truest sense.
  • As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations.
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