Senior / Staff Software Engineer

Transforming the lives of those affected by severe mental illness

At Amae Health, we are dedicated to helping the 15.4 million Americans living with severe mental illness (SMI) lead stable, meaningful lives, while ending the cycle of repeat hospitalizations. In partnership with some of the nation’s top academic medical centers we’ve pioneered an innovative outpatient care model that combines compassionate, in-person psychiatric care with comprehensive wraparound support. Our integrated care teams — including psychiatrists, therapists, primary care physicians, health coaches, and peer support specialists — work together to treat the whole person via a unique model, addressing physical, mental, and social needs in unison. By caring for every aspect of our patients’ well‑being, we help them not just survive, but truly thrive.

Amae Health is a Series B venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation dedicated to becoming the nation's center of excellence for individuals living with severe mental illness (SMI). Backed by top-tier venture capital firms and strategic healthcare investors, we collaborate with prestigious health systems including NewYork-Presbyterian, Stanford Healthcare, and Cedars‑Sinai, underscoring our commitment to fundamentally transforming mental health care delivery at scale.

The Team :

At Amae we are a collective of healthcare leaders and technologists on a mission to create a radically different patient‑first behavioral health care model that truly transforms patient’s lives by integrating care delivery, patient experience, cutting‑edge technology and research. Join a team of operators, builders and technologists from One Medical, Forward Health, Stanford, UCLA, Hinge Health, Palantir, The Four Seasons, and Brightline as we redefine care for the most vulnerable populations - across the nation, at scale.

Amae Health is a Series B, venture‑backed Public Benefit Corporation on a mission to build the nation’s leading center of excellence for individuals living with SMI. We’re backed by top‑tier healthcare and technology investors behind transformative companies like Cityblock, Oscar, Palantir, Square, Instacart, and Lyft. Our strategic partners also include leading health systems such as Cedars‑Sinai Health Ventures and CommonSpirit Ventures, reinforcing our commitment to reshaping mental health care at scale.

The Opportunity :

As we expand our ability to care for complex patient populations, the core teams that support this work are also growing! We are seeking a

Senior / Staff Full‑Stack Software Engineer

to help build and scale Amae Health’s patient and clinic-facing technology platform. In this hands‑on individual‑contributor role, your work will be central to shaping how patients and families access our precision psychiatry services, this role is fundamental to ensuring our solutions are both technically robust and adaptable to the evolving needs of care. As part of the technology team at Amae, you’ll help define how software development 3.0 can be harnessed responsibly in healthcare to expand access to life-changing care.

About You :

You’re a full-stack engineer who thrives at the intersection of traditional engineering best practices and the emerging AI‑native development paradigm. You’re a builder at heart, equally comfortable prototyping user interfaces and optimizing API performance. You care deeply about usability, reliability, and maintainability, and you enjoy working across the full lifecycle of a product : concept, implementation, deployment, and iteration. You’re mission-driven, passionate about mental health and healthcare innovation, and eager to make a tangible difference in people’s lives.

You take pride in mentoring peers, raising engineering standards, and ensuring code quality across the stack. You’re energized by the fast pace of early‑stage work and motivated to build systems that directly improve mental health outcomes for patients and families.

What You’ll Work on :

Design, develop, and ship full-stack web applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Node.js.

Architect, implement, and maintain APIs and backend services that power our clinical and patient-facing experiences.

Deploy, monitor, and scale production systems using Vercel, AWS, or similar cloud infrastructure.

Integrate securely with healthcare data sources (EHRs, FHIR, HL7) in compliance with HIPAA and related regulations.

Collaborate closely with product, design, and clinical teams to turn real-world healthcare workflows into intuitive, performant software.

Write clean, testable, maintainable code and contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and developer experience improvements.

Help shape Amae’s long-term technical direction by mentoring teammates through code reviews and architectural discussions.

(Optional) Experiment with AI / ML features that enhance clinical workflows and patient engagement.

What you’ll have :

5+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack web applications.

Deep proficiency in React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern front-end tooling.

Strong backend experience in Node.js (Python experience a plus) and SQL / PostgreSQL.

Experience deploying and managing applications on Vercel, AWS, or equivalent cloud environments.

Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and healthcare interoperability standards (nice-to-have).

Solid understanding of security, authentication / authorization, and data privacy best practices.

Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment balancing rapid iteration with sound engineering discipline.

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

What we provide :

Competitive compensation

Employee Assistance Program

401(k)

FSA & HSA savings programs

Short & long-term disability

Pre-tax commuter assistance program

Unlimited paid time off (PTO)

Parental Leave - 12 weeks for birth and non birth parent

11 company holidays

Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Base salary range for this role is $175,000 to $220,000 per year based on level and a full-time schedule and the compensation package will include equity. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate's experience and profession leveling and it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range. These factors include, but are not limited to, job-related knowledge and skill set, depth of experience, certifications, degrees, licensures, and specific work location.

More About Amae :

'Amae', pronounced ‘ Ah‑mai ’, is a Japanese concept meaning the need to be in good favor with, and the ability to depend on, the people around oneself. It reflects our core belief that a strong support system is essential to build people up, strengthen their will to carry on and even to thrive in life. This mentality applies across our whole company – from the patients we serve to the team we’re building.

We’re a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC) that provides outpatient psychiatric and primary care health services through value-based care arrangements. Our model’s success is predicated upon achieving outcomes for our patients, not on the volume of services provided.

Amae Health is an equal opportunity employer and encourages all applicants from every background and life experience to apply.

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