About Rethink First Rethink First is a leading behavioral health technology company working to make mental wellness, education, and support accessible and scalable.
Through our suite of cloud-based platforms—including RethinkEd, RethinkCare, and RethinkBH—we serve educators, employers, and providers with tools that deliver measurable, inclusive outcomes. We're on a mission to make behavioral health more effective, equitable, and human—and we’re looking for a creative visionary to help lead that charge. Position Overview We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Engineer to join our Architecture Team.
This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who thrives at the intersection of hands-on coding and strategic architecture.
You will help shape technical direction, champion best practices, mentor other developers, and ensure our systems are scalable, secure, and reliable.
This position requires deep expertise in Microsoft technologies (C#, .NET, SQL, Azure), strong knowledge of modern software design, and the ability to translate business needs into effective technical solutions.
Responsibilities Contribute to architectural design, ensuring alignment with scalability, performance, security, and compliance standards.
Develop, design, test, and deploy cloud-based applications using C#, .NET Core, SQL, Azure, and Angular.
Establish and enforce coding standards, design patterns (SOLID, DDD, CQRS, etc.), and development methodologies (Agile, CI / CD, DevOps).
Write, review, and maintain high-quality code with strong emphasis on unit testing (XUnit / NUnit), integration testing, and automated pipelines.
Mentor and coach engineers across teams, promoting continuous learning and knowledge sharing.
Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs and solutions.
Drive adoption of best practices in DevOps, microservices, containerization (Docker), messaging (Service Bus), caching (Redis), and observability (App Insights, logging, monitoring).
Participate in architectural reviews, code reviews, and design discussions.
Contribute to long-term platform strategy, modernization, and cloud migration initiatives.
Troubleshoot production issues and guide root cause analysis to ensure system reliability.
Qualifications Education / Experience Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). 8+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
Proven experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale applications on the Microsoft stack (C#, .NET Core / Framework, Entity Framework, SQL Server, Azure).
Technical Skills Strong expertise in object-oriented design, design patterns, SOLID principles, domain-driven design, and event-driven design.
Experience with C#, Angular, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Python.
Strong SQL skills including query optimization, schema design, and stored procedures.
Cloud-native development in Microsoft Azure :
This includes experience with :
Applying ethical AI practices, data governance, and secure handling of sensitive information.
Benefits :
Senior Engineer Team • Chicago, IL, US