Software Engineer III (Back End)

At SonderMind, we know that therapy works. SonderMind provides accessible, personalized mental health care that produces high-quality outcomes for individuals. SonderMind's individualized approach to care starts with using innovative technology to help people not just find a therapist, but find the right, in-network therapist for them.
How you'll make an impact

• You will bring world class back end development skills to maintain and replace our existing web portals and build new experiences for our internal and external users.
• You will have a keen eye for detail and ensure efficiency, re-usability, and consistency for all components you create.
• You will be able to make an immediate impact on architecture and implementation decisions with the team.
• You will drive and participate in design sessions as well as constantly evaluate technologies and trends to be leveraged to optimize our platform.
• You will work in a team alongside front end & back end developers, QA/SDETs, UI/UX designers, scrum masters and product owners to ensure the best possible product is released on schedule

Success looks like

• Writes maintainable code and tests.
• Provides helpful, timely code reviews. Consistently follows best practices, able to defend technical decisions in code review feedback.
• Contributes to technical design, and thinks through failure cases.
• Collaborate with teammates and stakeholders to deliver a solid product
• Lead specific team projects independently and in collaboration with other leads
• Accountable, end-to end- through planning, deploy, maintenance, and monitoring, proactive potential issues

What you'll do

• Develop features and improvements that make our product more meaningful to end users
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, interactive environment
• Craft high quality code that meets our internal standards for style, maintainability, and best practices. Maintain and advocate these standards through code review.
• Consistently ship features and improvements with minimal guidance and support from other team members. Collaborate with the team on larger projects.
• Compile and analyze data, processes, and codes to troubleshoot problems and identify areas for improvement

What you'll bring with you
Key Competencies

• Resilience & Adaptability : Effective with limited information or direction; comfortable with risk and uncertainty; self-directed and proactive. Flexible in handling change, adapts to new situations with fresh ideas or innovative approaches.
• Inspires & Motivates : Able to inspire and guide people to get the job done, and to bring out their best. Can articulate a shared mission in a way that motivates and offers a sense of common purpose beyond people's day-to-day tasks
• Communication & Interpersonal: Engages and listens to others, adjusting communication style to find the audience and message. Picks up on interpersonal and group dynamics.
• High Standards: Freedom from errors and mistakes, and the ability to consistently meet objectives
• Integrity : Behaves and expresses oneself in an open and honest manner. Is consistent in words and actions. Shares information accurately, and completely, and appropriately. Follows through on commitments, honest about capabilities, admits mistakes, and creates the space for others to contribute

Required Experience

• 4+ years of front end software development experience
• Knowledge of Ruby on Rails and Postgres SQL
• Ability to clearly and concisely communicate about complex technical, architectural, and/or organizational problems and propose thorough, iterative solutions
• Proven ability to work closely with other Engineers, Product Managers, and other stakeholders

Preferred Experience

• Experience with Javascript, Elastic Search, or AWS
• SaaS product company experience
• Degree in Computer Science or related

What we value

• Curious: Seek to understand and pull the thread
• Courageous: Takes action, even when uncomfortable
• Lightful: Assume positive intent in others
• Authentic: Say what you mean, mean what you say, act accordingly
• Bucketworthy: Don't let your bucket leak

Our Benefits
The anticipated salary range for this role is $99,000- $120,000. This role is eligible to participate in our equity incentive plan. Actual compensation is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
This role can sit in the following locations, or can be performed remotely: Denver, CO; RDU (Raleigh-Durham), NC; Nashville, TN; Pittsburgh, PA; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Madison, WI; Boston, MA, or Remote
As a leader in redesigning behavioral health, we are walking the walk with our employee benefits. We want the experience of working at SonderMind to accelerate people's careers and enrich their lives, so we focus on meeting SonderMinders wherever they are and supporting them in all facets of their life and work.
Our benefits include:

• A commitment to fostering flexible hybrid work
• A flexible PTO policy with a minimum of three weeks off
• Therapy coverage benefits to ensure our employees have access to the care they need
• Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage with plans to meet every need, including HSA and FSA options
• Eight (8) paid company holidays and a company shut-down during the last week of the year
• Employer-paid disability & AD&D to cover life's unexpected events. Not only that, we also cover the difference in salary for up to eight (8) weeks of short-term disability leave
• Eight weeks of paid Parental Leave (if the parent also qualifies for STD, this benefit is in addition )
• 401K retirement plan with 100% matching on up to 4% of base salary

Mental wellness impacts people of every community. At SonderMind, building and supporting a diverse workforce is foundational to our goal to redesign behavioral healthcare to be more approachable and accessible. SonderMind is a committed equal opportunity employer and provides a workplace that will not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, or disability status.
Vaccination Policy: SonderMind requires all employees to be up to date with their COVID vaccination before entering our office space, the SonderMind Studio, or attending in-person meetings or events (including both indoor and outdoor).