About the role
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with 8+ years of experience to own and scale the critical backend systems that power client launches and member access at Modern Health. This is a high-leverage IC leadership role for someone with a high degree of independence who can lead complex projects end-to-end while collaborating with a senior staff engineer on an ambitious 18-month to 2-year roadmap. This is a role for someone with deep architectural knowledge who can take a system from its current scale to 50x, partnering closely with product and internal operations stakeholders. A strong product sense and the ability to flush out requirements, edge cases, and use cases cross-functionally is essential. We expect meaningful contributions within your first 30 days.
What will you be doing?
- Independently owning and executing large-scale engineering projects across eligibility processing, identity, and client configuration systems
- Designing and building scalable backend architectures to support 50x data growth across Modern Health's platform
- Partnering closely with product managers and internal operations teams to define requirements, use cases, and edge cases for complex initiatives
- Collaborating with a senior staff engineer to sequence and deliver against a multi-year growth engineering roadmap
- Mentoring and guiding more junior engineers on the team through technical leadership and code collaboration
SALARY BANDS HAVE GEO TIERS:
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Comp: $137K–$203K base (for Tier 1) + equity. Remote work eligible within the US, excluding Hawaii.
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Zone 1 Base Pay: $161,000 - $203,000 USD
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Zone 2 Base Pay: $161,000 - $203,000 USD
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Zone 3 Base Pay: $145,000 - $183,000 USD
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Zone 4 Base Pay: $137,000 - $172,000 USD
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Salary ranges vary by GEOGRAPHIC AREA/TIERS.
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OUR COMP GEO ZONES
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Zone 1: San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Metro
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Zone 2: All other California locations and Seattle, WA
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Zone 3: All other New York locations, All other Washington locations, Washington DC, Austin,TX, CT, IL, MA, NH, NJ, OR, RI, VT
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Zone 4: All other Texas locations, AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, WV, WI, WY
About Modern Health
Modern Health is a mental health benefits platform for employers. We are the first global mental health solution to offer employees access to one-on-one, group, and self-serve digital resources for their emotional, professional, social, financial, and physical well-being needs - all within a single platform. Whether someone wants to proactively manage stress or treat depression, Modern Health guides people to the right care at the right time. We empower companies to help all their employees be the best version of themselves, and believe in meeting people wherever they are in their mental health journey.
Modern Health is backed by investors like Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, John Doerr, Y Combinator, and Battery Ventures and raised more than $170 million in less than two years, making Modern Health the fastest entirely female-founded company in the U.S. to reach Unicorn status.
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Job details
Salary
$137,000 - $203,000
Location
Remote
Experience
8+ years
Funding
Total raised
$170M
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
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