Senior Software Engineer, Backend

About Us:

Grow was born to tackle a critical challenge: making mental health care more effective and accessible for everyone. Since launching in 2020, 15 million sessions have started on Grow, and we've barely scratched the surface. We do it through a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers, augments insurance payors, and serves patients. Every solution we build reveals ten more waiting to be delivered, and that's just what gets us going. We've backed that ambition with more than $328M in funding, including our Series D at a $3B valuation from Sequoia Capital, Transformation Capital, TCV, SignalFire, Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and others.

At Grow, the work you do can literally change someone's life. Your work here doesn't stay on a screen; it impacts whether someone can find, afford, and access quality care. That ambition sets us apart, and offers you an endless runway to impact one of the world's most urgent issues. We don’t have passenger seats here. Everyone is driving something that matters.

This work deserves real commitment. So if you thrive on meeting problems head on, untangling serious complexity, and working at pace with the sharpest yet kindest people around, you've come to the right place.

The Opportunity

We're hiring a Software Engineer to help build and evolve the backend systems that power Grow Therapy's platform. In this role, you'll design, implement, and ship server-side features and services that directly impact how clients and providers connect, communicate, and access care.

You'll join a collaborative, product-focused engineering organization where technical work is closely tied to reliability, scalability, and real-world outcomes. This role is ideal for an engineer who takes pride in writing clean, well-tested code, thinks carefully about system design and data integrity, and is energized by the opportunity to grow alongside a fast-moving team.

Why This Role Matters

Access to mental healthcare in America is still deeply fragmented and Grow Therapy is building the platform to fix that. We connect clients, providers, and health plans in a single integrated system, and the software our engineers ship directly shapes whether people can find and afford the care they need.

We're growing fast - nearly 22,000 clinicians, over 1.4 million clients, and on track to surpass 10 million sessions in 2026 and we see ourselves as a generational company with a long way still to go. Engineers who join now have a real opportunity to build systems that matter at meaningful scale.

What You'll Be Doing

Own backend services and APIs end to end — from technical design through implementation, deployment, and ongoing reliability

Drive architectural decisions within your team, bringing structure and clarity to complex, ambiguous problem spaces

Lead improvements to core platform systems, including data pipelines, service reliability, and business logic

Design and enable safe, repeatable experimentation through robust A/B testing and analysis workflows

Diagnose and resolve data quality, performance, and correctness issues across systems

Write clean, well-tested, maintainable production code and set a high bar through code reviews and technical mentorship

Partner closely with Product, Design, and Data to translate goals into technical designs and execution plans

Shape the technical direction of your team and contribute meaningfully to cross-team architectural discussions

You'll Be a Good Fit If You Have

7+ years of professional software engineering experience with meaningful ownership of production backend systems

Deep backend engineering expertise, including service design, data modeling, and API development at scale

Experience building and operating systems where reliability, data quality, and performance are critical

Proven ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces and drive clarity across technical and cross-functional stakeholders