This role is ideal for a Senior Security Engineer who thrives in "0 to 1" environments. You should have at least 5 years of experience in security or software e
Work type: remote
Location: New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Salary: $218,500 – $273,125/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a Senior Security Engineer who thrives in "0 to 1" environments. You should have at least 5 years of experience in security or software engineering with a deep focus on application security. Since this is an early hire on the Trust team, they are looking for a "builder" who can conduct code reviews in Python and TypeScript while simultaneously architecting automated security guardrails for a high-growth health-tech platform. The compensation is highly competitive, starting at **$218,500**, and includes equity in a Series D startup. The role offers excellent flexibility as a fully remote position with a comprehensive benefits package, including unique perks like therapy reimbursement, a work-from-home stipend, and a dedicated company-wide break between Christmas and New Year’s. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Enjoy partnering directly with product teams to bake security into the design phase. * Have hands-on experience securing cloud environments (AWS/Fargate) and using tools like Snyk or Semgrep. * Are motivated by protecting sensitive patient data within the mental healthcare space. * Can balance high-level security strategy with day-to-day tasks like incident response and vulnerability management.
Headway’s mission is a big one – to build a new mental health care system everyone can access. We’ve built technology that helps people find great therapists with the first software-enabled national network of providers accepting insurance.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but the majority of providers don’t accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance and scale their practice.
Headway was founded in 2019. Since then, we’ve grown into a diverse, national network of over 60,000 mental healthcare providers across all 50 states who run their practice on our software and have served over 1 million patients. We’re a Series D company with over $325m in funding from a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), Accel, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Health Care Service Corporation.
We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
Headway’s mission is a big one – to build a new mental health care system everyone can access. We’ve built technology that helps people find great therapists with the first software-enabled national network of providers accepting insurance.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but the majority of providers don’t accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway is building a new mental healthcare system that everyone can access by making it easy for therapists to accept insurance and scale their practice.
Headway was founded in 2019. Since then, we’ve grown into a diverse, national network of over 60,000 mental healthcare providers across all 50 states who run their practice on our software and have served over 1 million patients. We’re a Series D company with over $325m in funding from a16z (Andreessen Horowitz), Accel, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Spark Capital, Thrive Capital, Forerunner Ventures and Health Care Service Corporation.
We want your time here to be the most meaningful experience of your career. Join us, and help change mental healthcare for the better.
## About the role
The Trust team at Headway is focused on security and privacy for all of Headway’s customers - therapists, patients, and payers (ex: insurance companies and health systems). As an early member on the team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to be the builder and driver of our dedicated, in-house product and application security engineering efforts. In this role, you will partner closely with our product and engineering teams to ensure that our application is designed and developed securely so that we can maintain and grow customers’ trust in Headway.
### What you’ll do at Headway:
After you apply to Headway, here are some details of what to expect during the interview process.
The expected base pay range for this position is $218,500 - $273,125, based on a variety of factors including qualifications, experience, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an equity grant, depending on the position and level.
We are committed to offering a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package, including robust health and wellness benefits, retirement savings, and meaningful ownership opportunities through equity. Compensation decisions are made holistically, ensuring fairness and alignment with market benchmarks while recognizing individual contributions and potential.
We believe a team's strength is in its people, and we cannot achieve this mission without a team that reflects the diversity of this problem – across race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, age, national origin, religion, family status, disability, military status, and experience. Headway is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Headway will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please inform the recruiter when they contact you to schedule your interview.