Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Remote, United States       ·       Full time

Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Our Company:

At Cerebral, we’re on a mission to improve access to long-term, high-quality mental health care for all. We believe that everyone everywhere deserves to get the care they need. And how are we doing this? By making care convenient and accessible and tackling the stigma that surrounds mental illness.

Since launching in January 2020, we have gone from a team of 5 to over 4,000 team members across the United States and in the United Kingdom working hand-in-hand to transform access to high-quality mental health care at scale. Our team will not stop building, growing, and iterating until everyone, everywhere can access high-quality mental health care without the high cost, long wait times, and stigma. 

We are the fastest mental health company ever to achieve unicorn status, having raised over $462 million and achieving a valuation of $4.8 billion in under two years. Cerebral’s investors include SoftBank Venture Fund 2, Silver Lake, Access Industries, Bill Ackman, Chris Burch, WestCap, and Oak HC/FT.

It is just the beginning for Cerebral, and we need your help as we transform access to high-quality mental health care in the United States and beyond.

The Role:

• Delivery of full stack functionality on our Core Product connecting patients to clinicians
• Identify and lead technical initiatives to build clean, robust, and performant systems for Cerebral’s most critical and important healthcare data
• Lead a culture change initiative breaking down a monolith code base into microservices 
• Contribute to the design of software architecture and development of new features
• Mentor and oversee software engineers from diverse backgrounds to nurture a culture of ownership, learning, automation, re-use, and engineering efficiency through the use of of software design patterns and industry best practices
• Support what is built, including monitoring, performance tuning, and responding to incidents
• Contribute to the delivery of OKRs, work with the product team to define KPIs and meet SLAs

Our tech stack:

• Language: Ruby, Rails, Typescript, Node.js, Reactjs, React Native 
• Systems: AWS, Postgres, Github Actions

Who you are:

• Experience being on an mid sized engineering squad (8 people) to deliver consumer or business facing features in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to determine and implement patterns to increase developer productivity in our monolith
• Ability to identify strengths and weaknesses of individuals in order to maximize team effectiveness; provide guidance to individuals when needed for coaching or mentoring
• Effectively communicate between teams and within teams in order to drive alignment and increase effectiveness on delivery
• Proven ability to switch domains and tech stacks then add value on Day 1
• Mentor engineers with varying skill levels and experiences

How your skills and passion will come to life at Cerebral:

• Passionate about adding value that changes people’s lives
• Quickly make low-level decisions while being patient and methodical with high-level ones.
• Command the room amongst the smartest and diverse set of individuals
• Curious, love to learn and to dig into new technologies and can pick them up quickly
• Demonstrate strong technical architecture and platform engineering skills along with the ability to switch between technology paradigms.
• Adept at prioritizing value and shipping complex products requiring coordination across multiple teams
• Love working with some of the best world-class engineers, product managers, and architects.
• Strive to excel, innovate and take pride in your work
• Work well with other leaders

Who we are (our company values):

• Client-first focus – Relentless focus on improving client experience & the quality of care
• Results and data-driven – Reach goals by making data-led decisions with measurable results
• Ownership – Accountable for hitting our goals & delivering on commitments
• High velocity – Strong bias for action, enabling us to quickly adapt & win in a fast-changing market
• Mission-driven experimentation – Iteratively experiment with new ideas, products, & services to help advance our mission
• Lead with empathy – Demonstrate the same level of compassion for one another as we show for our clients
• Deep, hands-on leadership – Leaders stay connected to the details of their operations & believe no task is beneath them

What we offer: 

• Mission-driven impact:
  • Shape the future of the #1 largest and fastest growing online mental health care company in the world
  • Build a platform that is improving the lives and well-being of hundreds of thousands of people (and counting) 
  • Join a community of high achievers who have a passion for promoting mental health
• Path to develop & grow:
  • Bi-annual performance reviews & opportunities for promotions – as Cerebral grows, so should you. We build your goals together and forge a career path that is right for you

• Remote-first model: Work virtually from anywhere in the US

• Competitive compensation & benefits:
  • Total compensation includes equity/stock options
  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and 401k provided to all employees
  • Unlimited PTO – we encourage taking the time you need to relax and recharge
  • Top-tier wellness benefits and perks, including bi-quarterly mental health days (8 per year), No-Meeting-Wednesdays, holistic monthly wellness stipend, and access to on-demand health & wellness content
  • $200 WFH reimbursement

• Culture & connectivity:
  • Virtual social events (e.g., happy hours) enable us to build a sense of community and connect on a more personal level
  • Monthly peer-to-peer recognition allowance via Bonusly allows team members to reward one another for values-aligned contributions
  • Optional in-person company retreats provide an opportunity to augment team-building and celebrate our successes together

Cerebral 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.  As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

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