Senior Software Engineer

Two Chairs is building a new kind of mental health system based on the idea that the status quo isn’t good enough. Industry-best clinician experiences, better client outcomes, groundbreaking innovation, and access to the highest quality care are how we’ll raise the bar for the entire industry. With that, we're excited and honored to have been recognized as a 2025 Great Place to Work and 2025 Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Healthcare.

One of our company values is "Embrace Differences" and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are the principles guiding how we build our business and teams. We encourage interested candidates from all backgrounds to apply even if they don't think they meet some expectations of the role.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll play a key role in building scalable, secure, and innovative applications that support our mission. Working across the stack, you'll collaborate with stakeholders from Product, Clinical Operations, and beyond to develop impactful features that enhance clinician and client experiences. Your contributions will directly shape the future of Two Chairs and the mental health industry.

You'll be responsible for ensuring Two Chairs code is delivered accurately and efficiently and model best practices for the wider team.

Core Areas of Responsibility

• Playing a key role in building high-performance, secure, scalable and delightful client, clinician, and internal user facing applications.
• Building and integrating new architecture, frameworks, and technologies that make for great software.
• Collaborating with teammates across the stack to enhance and optimize our current systems with new features and increased stability.
• Collaborating with our various stakeholders, understanding their workflows and translating their needs into seamless applications.
• Understanding our clients’ journey through care and architecting software that defines a best-in-class therapeutic experience.
• Build innovative products to fundamentally transform the mental health space by combining the best of humans and technology.

Impact and Success Indicators

Where you’ll make an impact in the first 90 days:

• Gain an understanding of the code base, and the inner workings of our application.
• Bring fresh ideas and suggestions for improvements.
• Participate in sprint planning, standups, and retrospective meetings. Helping spec out scope and technical details.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful changes to the application while actively participating in shaping team practices and processes.

 Where you’ll make an impact in the first year:

• Own and deliver several large cross-functional projects.
• Take on a technical leadership role, mentoring junior developers, and driving architecture and technical planning decisions.
• Play a key role in architecture, design, code reviews, and testing, providing guidance and support to elevate the team's technical excellence.
• Translate product ideas and specifications into actionable work and scope.

 You’ll be successful if you have:

• Tenured experience working in a startup environment (think ownership, agility, and innovation).
• Self-motivation and a self-starting attitude.
• Experience working with our stack (Node/Express, Python/Django) or similar.
• Experience with containerization (Docker or otherwise), Kubernetes, or similar is a plus.
• Low ego and strong orientation to cross-functional work and stakeholder collaboration.
• 5-6+ years of engineering experience owning projects and building scalable products.

Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this full-time, exempt role is $158,000 - $180,000. The final offer is dependent on qualifications and experience.

In addition, we offer perks and benefits that support the health and well-being of our teams, including:

Additional perks and benefits:

• Equity in a high-growth start-up
• Paid time off, including nine paid holidays and an additional Winter Office Closure from Christmas Day (Observed) through New Year's Day
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• One-time $200 Work from Home reimbursement
• 401(k) Retirement savings options
• Annual $1,000 Productivity & Wellness Stipend to support your personal and professional goals
• Annual $500 subsidized company contribution to your healthcare FSA or HSA
• Paid parental leave
  
  

Outreach Notice to Applicants

We are thrilled that you’re interested in joining our team! To ensure a consistent and equitable hiring process for all candidates, we kindly ask that you refrain from reaching out to current employees regarding the role, your application, or the interview process. Our talent acquisition team is committed to carefully reviewing all applications and will reach out directly if they decide to move forward.

All applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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