About the role
Our mission: eliminating every barrier to mental health.
Spring Health is a global mental health company on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health. We're building a world where getting support is simple, personal, and built around the person, so care can continue through every job, move, health plan, and life stage.
Our AI-native platform helps us deliver personalized support across self-guided tools, coaching, therapy, medication management, and specialty care. With outcomes independently validated by JAMA Network Open and the Validation Institute, Spring Health reaches more than 170 million people worldwide through leading employers, health plans, and partners.
As an AI-native company, we believe technology should expand the reach, quality, and humanity of care. Every Spring Health team member is expected to use AI tools thoughtfully, apply human judgment to AI outputs, and keep building AI fluency in ways that support their role and our mission.
Reporting to the Manager, Specialty Care Retention, this senior engineer will design, build, and ship full stack features that empower members to begin their mental health journey. You’ll collaborate with product, design, clinical, and other engineers to turn experiments into safe, measurable, production features.
Please note that this is a hybrid role based in San Francisco, with an expectation to be in the office 2–3 days per week at our 44 Montgomery Street location. Candidates must be based in the San Francisco metro area or able to relocate independently within 90 days of their start date. Occasional travel will be required for team on-sites.
What you’ll do:
- Write, review, and optimize production-ready code daily, while driving key technical decisions and advocating for high engineering standards
- Architect and deliver scalable, high-performance code that ensures long-term maintainability and system reliability
- Own technical delivery for complex projects or subsystems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship high-impact features that improve our member and provider experience
- Debug and resolve issues quickly and efficiently
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support system reliability and respond to production issues
- Collaborate flexibly across time zones, as needed, to support distributed teams and stakeholder
- Mentor and support the growth of junior engineers
What success looks like:
- Deliver projects on time, within scope, and with high stakeholder satisfaction
- Maintain high system uptime and low defect rates through strong testing and observability practices
- Partner effectively with product, design, data, or other teams, contributing meaningfully to team goals and alignment
- Lead high-quality code reviews and technical discussions
- Influence team velocity and architecture through mentorship and planning contributions
- Drive continual improvement in team delivery, reliability, and system maintainability
What you’ll bring:
- 5+ years of experience in software development with a focus on full stack development
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, and AWS
- Experience with React, Redux, and modern JavaScript frameworks
- Experience with Docker and managing CI/CD pipelines
- Proven ability to independently lead delivery of complex technical projects
- Experience working in cross-functional Agile/Scrum teams
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Track record of mentoring junior engineers and leading by example
The target base salary range for this position is $183,000 - $205,550, and is part of a competitive total rewards package including equity and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, location, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We review all employee pay and compensation programs annually using Radford Global Compensation Database at minimum to ensure competitive and fair pay.
Benefits provided by Spring Health:
Note: We have even more benefits than listed here and below, your recruiter will provide more in-depth information as you continue in the interview process. Benefits are subject to individual plan requirements and eligibility criteria.
- Health, Dental, Vision benefits start on your first day at Spring. You and your dependents also receive access to One Medical accounts HSA and FSA plans are also available, with Spring contributing up to $1K for HSAs, depending on your plan type.
- Employer sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2% for retirement planning
- A yearly allotment of no cost visits to the Spring Health network of therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for you and your dependents.
- We offer competitive paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave and company holidays.
- At 6 months tenure with Spring, we offer parental leave of 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Access to Noom, a weight management program—based in psychology, that’s tailored to your unique needs and goals.
- Access to fertility care support through Carrot, in addition to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses.
- Access to Wellhub, which connects employees to the best options for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep in one subscription
- Access to BrightHorizons, which provides sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care
- Up to $1,000 Professional Development Reimbursement a year.
- $200 per year donation matching to support your favorite causes.
Not sure if you meet every requirement? Research shows that women and people from historically underrepresented communities often hesitate to apply for roles unless they meet every qualification compared to other similarly-qualified candidates. At Spring Health, we are committed to fostering a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and supported to Thrive. If this role excites you, we encourage you to apply.
Our privacy policy: https://springhealth.com/privacy-policy/
Spring Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable legal requirements. Spring Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
Aplyr's read
Spring Health integrates data-driven insights with personalized care to enhance mental health outcomes for employees, attracting professionals passionate about innovative healthcare solutions.
What's promising
- •Spring Health leverages advanced technology to personalize mental health care.
- •The company has a strong focus on data-driven insights for improved outcomes.
- •Recent hiring indicates growth in AI, ML, and global clinical training roles.
What to watch
- •Limited public information about the company's financial stability.
- •Potential challenges in maintaining personalized care at scale.
- •High reliance on technology may pose integration challenges for some clients.
Why Spring Health
- •Spring Health offers a comprehensive mental health benefits solution tailored to individual needs.
- •The company emphasizes the integration of AI and machine learning in mental health care.
- •Spring Health's global hiring strategy suggests a commitment to diverse, international perspectives.
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About Spring Health
Spring Health is a mental health benefits solution designed to provide personalized care for employees, leveraging data-driven insights and technology to improve mental health outcomes.
