Staff Engineer Security

Grow Therapy is on a mission to serve as the trusted partner for therapists growing their practice and patients accessing high-quality care. Powered by technology we are a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers augments insurance payors and serves patients. Following the mass increase in depression and anxiety the need for accessibility is more important than ever. To make our vision for mental healthcare a reality we’re building a team of entrepreneurs and mission-driven go-getters. Since launching in February 2021 we’ve empowered more than ten thousand therapists and hundreds of thousands of clients across the country and insurance landscape. We’ve raised more than $328Mm in funding including our Series D at a $3B valuation from Sequoia Capital Transformation Capital TCV SignalFire Menlo Ventures Goldman Sachs Alternatives and others.

We're looking for a Staff Security Engineer to serve as the technical backbone of our Security Engineering function at Grow Therapy. You'll be the most senior hands-on engineer on the Security team — equal parts strategist and builder — responsible for shaping and executing a multi-year Security roadmap that protects our customers enables our engineering organization and helps Grow scale with trust at its core. Reporting into the Head of Security and collaborating closely with our VP of Engineering you'll work across Product Platform Cloud Compliance Clinical and beyond. This isn't a siloed security role: it's an opportunity to architect the secure-by-default foundation that every team at Grow builds on — and to influence how security culture is practiced democratized and celebrated across the company.

• Define and drive the Security Engineering North Star. Lead the development of a consolidated multi-year Security Engineering vision — conducting gap analyses aligning with key stakeholders and translating strategy into an executable roadmap that teams across the organization can rally behind.

• Lead the charge on AI-native Security: Security sits within Grow’s Internal Foundations pillar which is building company-wide infrastructure to support AI adoption. We build AI tools Security Engineering and the company at large. You’ll be in an incredible position to influence safe and thoughtful adoption of AI tooling at the enterprise level.

• Build secure-by-default infrastructure. Design build and roll out foundational security services — including unified authentication authorization audit logging and egress control — so that engineering teams can build fast without compromising on security.

• Own data security at scale. Drive systematic data tagging across Grow's production data models aligning with our Data Classification Policy to ensure every datastore is compliant with security controls and observable by the teams who own it.

• Champion security visibility and accountability. Build company-wide security scorecards so every team has a clear real-time view of their security posture — turning security from a periodic audit into a continuous embedded practice.

• Enable and empower the engineering organization. Partner deeply with engineering platform and product teams to deliver high-leverage secure-by-default services — reducing the burden on individual teams while raising the security floor across Grow. Drive automated Least Privilege and systematic Vulnerability Management as org-wide capabilities.

• You bring deep multi-domain security expertise — you've operated meaningfully across Product Security Cloud Security Data Security Access Governance and/or Detection & Response and you know how to connect the dots between them.

• You have recent hands-on engineering experience — you're comfortable writing code contributing to security infrastructure and doing system design reviews not just advising from the sidelines.

• You've built security programs at scale — you've designed and shipped org-wide processes like Security Review Secure Design Security Champions and Security Metrics Reporting at a previous company.

• You're a clear compelling communicator — you can present security strategy and risk to non-technical audiences (including executives and clinical stakeholders) with precision empathy and confidence.

• You're energized by ownership and ambiguity — you thrive when given a blank canvas know how to prioritize ruthlessly and can move fluidly between long-term vision and near-term execution.

Employment Type: Full Time Exempt
Base Compensation: The base compensation range for this position is:

• Hybrid Commitment: $217000–$288000 USD Annually

• Fully Remote Commitment: $182000- $240000 USD Annually

This role can be hybrid (onsite from our NYC San Francisco or Seattle hub location three days per week: Tuesday Wednesday Thursday) or fully remote. Both arrangements include travel 2–3 times per year (e.g. company and department offsites).

The base compensation for this role will vary depending on several factors including relevant experience qualifications and the candidate’s working location.

Full Time Employee Benefits:

• Comprehensive Health Coverage: Medical dental and vision insurance plus life and disability coverage.

• Parental Leave & Family Support: Up to 18 weeks paid leave and a new child stipend.

• Financial Wellness: 401(k) program and equity opportunities.

• Meals & Home Office Support: Stipends for home office setup and ongoing funds for meals with tailored perks for both remote and in-office employees.

• Time Off to Recharge: Flexible PTO 12 paid holidays and a full winter break week.

• Wellness & Development: Annual stipends to put towards personal & professional growth.

• Mental & Physical Health Support: No-cost access to therapy through the Grow platform weekly flexible hours for self-care (“Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons”) and memberships to leading wellness apps (such as One Medical Headspace and Talkspace).

• Extra Perks: Pet insurance discounts commuter benefits and global travel assistance.

Research shows that some groups hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. If you’re excited about this role but don’t check every box we encourage you to apply. At Grow we value diverse experiences transferable skills and the unique strengths each person brings.

Grow Therapy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

Use of AI Tools: We use certain AI and automated tools to support recruitment. These tools help our team review applications organize interviews detect potential application integrity issues and maintain interview records; they do not make final hiring decisions.

Application Review: Ashby's AI-Assisted Application Review helps review application materials against role-specific criteria and may flag potential fraud or integrity issues for recruiter review. All advancement decisions are made by our human recruiting team after independent review. See Ashby's AI Bias Audit Report.

Interview Recording: We use BrightHire to record interviews supporting note-taking and consistency across candidates. Learn more. Interviews are confidential; you may ask your interviewer to stop recording anytime or opt out in advance. Choosing not to be recorded will not by itself affect your candidacy.

AI-Assisted Recruiter Screen: For select roles BrightHire's AI features may help structure initial recruiter screens and organize interview notes. All responses are reviewed by our recruiting team; no hiring decisions are made by AI alone.

State-specific notices: Depending on your location you may have additional rights. Illinois: If AI analyzes a video interview we'll provide notice explain how it works and what it evaluates and obtain consent beforehand. New York City: Where required we'll provide at least 10 business days’ notice before using an automated employment decision tool and explain how to request an alternative process. Maryland: We do not use facial recognition to create facial templates during interviews unless required notice and written consent are obtained.

Questions accommodation requests requests for an alternative selection process objections to recording or concerns about AI use? Contact [email protected]. We’re happy to help or offer an alternative way to participate.

What We Do

Grow is a mental health platform built to enable progress. We see technology not as a layer on top of care but as the connective tissue that helps it grow — and we believe that building it is some of the most important work there is.We are not only for crisis. We are for all the moments when someone decides they want more. More support more clarity more tools. Because mental health isn't a destination. It's a practice. And we are building the platform the products and the partnerships to make that practice possible for everyone.We are more than a marketplace — bringing together clinical expertise always-on tools and deep insights to help clients improve their lives providers build practices they're proud of and businesses offer demonstrably more effective and efficient care. So far 15 million sessions have started on Grow with 220M lives covered. Each one a step forward for someone somewhere building the life they've always wanted.Like the people we serve we are in a process of becoming. Solving one problem. Making progress. Moving on to the next. Our founders come from Harvard Medical School Stripe and Blackstone — pairing bold vision with a culture of balance belonging and whole-person wellness. We're proud to be backed by Sequoia Capital Goldman Sachs Alternatives TCV Transformation Capital SignalFire and Plus Capital.Progress doesn't happen on its own. It happens because of talented individuals who build for the people they love.

Why Work With Us

At Grow Therapy we believe well-being isn’t just a perk—it’s part of how we work. From clinicians to engineers every voice helps shape the care we build. Our mission-driven team is rethinking mental health care supported by flexible PTO paid winter recharge mental health breaks no-cost therapy through our platform and wellness perks.

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