Senior Python/Fullstack Engineer

About the product:

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.

About the role:

Headspace is seeking a talented Software Engineer, Fullstack to join its B2B Team. The B2B team builds and maintains our eligibility and enrollment systems for enterprise and SME customers, as well as integrations with strategic partners. This role is on the Employer Platform team, focused on designing and building the next-generation enterprise platform. You’ll be central to our growth as we scale partnerships and internal capabilities. We value knowledge sharing and continuous learning, with frequent mini-tech talks and collaborative development practices.

Being on the engineering team, you’ll be working on a product that impacts more than 65M users. You will help us bring new features to life to meet our mission, while also helping push our platform to newer technologies as we embrace the cutting edge. A big goal needs talented people, so come join us and give your day job a sense of purpose!

What you will do:

• Design and develop high-volume, low-latency applications for mission-critical systems
• Write well-designed, testable, performant, and efficient code
• Contribute across the development lifecycle, from collaborating with product stakeholders to writing tech specs and deploying features
• Build web apps and APIs, primarily using Python on AWS
• Evaluate system designs for operational feasibility and long-term scalability
• Partner closely with product and engineering teams to release features at scale

What you will bring:

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Required Skills:

• At least 6 years of experience building APIs, microservices, and web applications
• Proficient in API development with Python/Django 
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks like React or Next.js, and state management libraries like Redux
• Strong collaboration skills in remote environments; comfortable partnering across product, design, and engineering
• Familiarity with unit, integration, and end-to-end testing, and CI/CD systems
• Excellent communication and technical decision-making skills

Perks:

• We welcome new ideas and allow you to make an immediate impact on the team
• Health/Sport budget
• Remote work
• Flexible PTO
• Global offices
• Fun, positive, collaborative environment!

Headspace is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We strive to create a diverse & inclusive environment where everyone can thrive, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together.