Senior Software Engineer (Node/TS/API)

Headspace is looking for a Contract Senior Software Engineer (API) to support our Employer Solutions team. This team builds the foundational capabilities that power our commercial partnerships by enabling hundreds of employers to offer Headspace as a benefit to their workforce. This assignment supports backend services that drive enrollment, eligibility, authentication, and entitlements for all Headspace membership offerings, as well as tools for partnership setup and management.

Deliverables:

• Design and develop maintainable and flexible services for mission-critical systems that directly support mental healthcare delivery.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to gather requirements and write RFCs and technical specifications to solve technical and business problems end to end.
• Effectively communicate technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Use business and technical knowledge to recommend thoughtful tradeoffs between complexity, quality, and delivery speed.
• Maintain high standards for documentation, code quality, code reviews, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to and influence system architecture decisions, product quality, and SLA targets.
• Apply best practices in testing, monitoring, alerting, and observability.

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and design patterns.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing APIs and microservices architectures.
• Experience writing robust unit, integration, and end-to-end tests, including edge-case handling, using API testing frameworks/tools (e.g., Jest, Gatling, Playwright).
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in a fast-paced, Agile environment.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively partner with product managers, designers, and engineers in a remote-friendly environment.
• Track record of delivering complex projects across product and technology initiatives.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences and keep stakeholders aligned.
• Experience with AWS.
• Advanced English proficiency (B2-C1 or higher).

Nice to have:

• Experience with React and Python.
• Experience with both relational and non-relational databases.

Headspace Health is the world's most accessible and comprehensive digital mental health and wellbeing platform. Headspace Health will democratize mental health and wellbeing so people around the world are supported by a full spectrum of affordable care. In addition to its vast library of mindfulness and meditation content, our behavioral health system offers emotional support, guidance, therapy, and medication from professional coaches, licensed therapists, and psychiatrists, respectively. Our mission is to create a world where mental health is never an obstacle. By harnessing the power and convenience of a smartphone, Headspace Health is able to provide access to high-quality care to anyone, anywhere, in order to reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression.