Senior Software Engineer II, Search & Matching (Alma)
Spring HealthBase Salary
$207k - $233k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable software and backend services for Alma’s search and matching experience.
- Architect and evolve APIs, service boundaries, and capabilities transitioning from the monolithic application to distributed services.
- Optimize search relevance, indexing, ranking, query performance, and search quality at scale.
- Lead technical design sessions, architectural reviews, complex multi-team projects, and cross-group coordination.
- Drive projects end-to-end from conception through deployment and iteration, sometimes managing multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- Mentor engineers on technical skills and career growth and provide instructive code reviews and architectural guidance.
- Lead hypercare investigations and high-stakes bug responses while communicating clearly with stakeholders.
- Evaluate AI tools and integrate responsible AI-assisted engineering practices into team workflows.
Requirements
- 6–8+ years of professional software development experience.
- Expertise in Python and Django for scalable backend services and APIs, with strong proficiency in React.
- Experience designing, building, and scaling complex full-stack systems with an emphasis on backend architecture.
- Experience leading complex, multi-team technical projects and influencing cross-functional stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers in technical skills and career growth.
- Strong problem-solving skills and experience creating clean, scalable, maintainable architectures.
- Experience writing well-designed tests alongside production code.
- Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture, including service boundaries and monolith evolution.
- Strong experience with data modeling and reliable data flows across services, including consistency, performance, and scalability tradeoffs.
- Experience designing and optimizing search experiences and infrastructure, including indexing, relevance and ranking, query performance, and search quality at scale.
- Ability to evaluate AI-assisted engineering output critically and help establish quality standards.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision benefits begin on the first day, with One Medical access and HSA/FSA plans; Spring contributes up to $1,000 to HSAs depending on plan type.
- Employer-sponsored 401(k) matching of up to 2%.
- Yearly allotment of no-cost visits to Spring Health therapists, coaches, and medication-management providers for employees and dependents.
- Competitive paid time off, sick leave, and company holidays.
- After six months, parental leave is 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
- Access to Noom, Carrot fertility support with up to $4,000 reimbursement, Wellhub, and BrightHorizons care services.
- Up to $1,000 annual professional development reimbursement and $200 annual donation matching.
- Hybrid San Francisco arrangement with office attendance 2–3 days per week at 44 Montgomery Street, relocation within 90 days if needed, and occasional team-on-site travel.
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About Spring Health
At Spring Health™, we help employers modernize their behavioral health benefits with the most effective, comprehensive solution for employee mental wellbeing. Our offering functions as a single front door to any type of care - from digital exercises, to EAP services, to coaching, therapy, or medication. We use a proprietary assessment and machine-learning technology to understand all of the conditions a person may be experiencing, and use those results to match them to a care plan personalized to their needs. Each member has access to a Care Navigator to help guide them through their options, assist in booking appointments with therapists, and connect them to domain experts across work-life, legal, or financial services. This innovative, personalized approach to care, paired with a seamless, high-touch member experience makes Spring Health™ the most holistic, effective behavioral health benefit for modern, people-first employers. Suicidal crisis or emotional distress – For immediate help for you or someone else, call 1-800-273-8255. Available 24/7.