Software Engineer II

About Alma

Alma is on a mission to simplify access to high-quality, affordable mental health care. We do this by making it easy and financially rewarding for therapists to accept insurance and offer in-network care. When a provider joins Alma, they gain access to a suite of tools that not only help them better run their business, but also grow it sustainably and develop as a provider. Alma is available in all 50 states, with over 20,000 therapists in our growing network. Anyone looking for a therapist can browse Alma’s free directory. Alma has raised $220.5M in funding from Insight Partners, Optum Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Sound Ventures, BoxGroup, Cigna Ventures, and Rainfall Ventures. Alma was also named one of Inc’s Best Workplaces in 2022 and 2023.

Software Engineer II

At Alma, we’re making it easier for people to access high quality, affordable mental health care by supporting providers in building thriving private practices. We believe that when therapists have better resources, they’re able to provide better care to their clients. When a provider joins Alma, they gain access to a suite of tools that not only help them better run their business, but also grow it sustainably and develop as a provider.

Our product experience is designed to empower people in their search for mental health care, offering multiple pathways and individualized support, if and when someone needs it. Alma has raised funding from incredible investors like Insight Partners, Optum Ventures, Tusk Venture Partners, Primary Venture Partners, and First Round Capital, and was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Health in 2020.

Alma is seeking a mission-driven Full Stack Engineer with experience working across the stack to join our Payer Expansion and Claim Submission team. We are dedicated to building tools and services which help our providers more easily manage and grow their practice. In this role, you will be building features that solve real problems for mental health providers. The ideal candidate is able to recognize that successful software development requires communication, experimentation, and iteration.

On this growing team, you will have a strong hand in defining Alma's features, services, and architecture. The ideal person for this role loves to collaborate, has a solid foundation in frontend development, some exposure to backend engineering, and leverages this skill set to build amazing digital experiences.

What you’ll do:

• Gain a deep understanding of what Alma members do, how they operate, and where their pain points are.
• Work in our frontend space (60% of the role) while tackling work full stack as needed to support projects with backend-oriented goals (40% of the role)
• Design, develop, and implement maintainable and scalable product features using modern front and back end web technologies (React, Typescript, Sass, Python, Django, MySQL, AWS).
• Develop both customer-facing and internal-facing features around claims submission and payer management.
• Collaborate with Alma managers, PMs, designers, and stakeholders to conceptualize and build solutions for practical problems facing Alma members.
• Ensure applications and services meet Alma's standards for software including performance, scalability, and security.
• Collaborate closely with other engineers and EM to contribute to a technical roadmap for the team, finding opportunities to mentor and elevate team members along the way.

Who you are:

• You have 3-5 years of experience as an engineer with a proven history of working across the stack and building products at scale.
• You have extensive experience with web technologies. We are language agnostic in our interviews but require experience with one or more common web frameworks.
• You've got an understanding of accessibility and security compliance.
• You have implemented automated testing platforms.