This role is ideal for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and product. You should have a strong background
Work type: remote
Location: New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Salary: $168,300 – $237,500/yr
Type: Full-time
This role is ideal for a Senior Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of infrastructure, security, and product. You should have a strong background in developing core "trust primitives"—specifically authentication and authorization platforms (IAM). While the team uses Python and TypeScript on AWS, they are looking for someone who thinks in terms of scalable security patterns (RBAC/ABAC) rather than just checking compliance boxes. The compensation is highly competitive ($168k–$237.5k) for a fully remote position. Beyond the salary, Headway offers a sophisticated benefits package including a week-long December holiday break, therapy reimbursement, and 16 weeks of parental leave. As a Series D company with $325m in funding, this is an opportunity to build "0-1" platforms that will scale to handle millions of sensitive healthcare sessions. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have deep expertise in OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and identity management. * Prefer building "secure-by-default" platforms that enable other developers rather than acting as a traditional security gatekeeper. * Are comfortable navigating the ambiguity of a regulated (HIPAA/HITRUST) environment. * Enjoy mentoring others and advocating for "Trust-first" engineering culture.
1 in 4 people in the US have a treatable mental health condition, but most providers don't accept insurance, making therapy too expensive for most people. Headway’s mission is to fix this by building a new mental healthcare system everyone can access. We started by solving the biggest barrier to care: insurance. The admin work - credentialing, claims, payment reconciliation - is a nightmare. We've automated that.
But we're going further. Over 70,000 providers across all 50 states run their practice on our software, serving over 1 million patients. We are building the best tools for therapists to run their entire practice, reimagining the experience of finding a therapist, and investing in the platform foundations to enable this at scale. We aren't just a billing layer; we are becoming the platform where care actually happens.
We're a Series D company with $325M+ in funding (a16z, Accel, GV, etc.), looking for exceptional people to help us achieve this mission. 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 this role:
Building for trust is non‑negotiable in our mission of making mental healthcare more accessible and affordable across the US: patients share sensitive information, payers demand demonstrably strong controls, and providers depend on reliable, secure infrastructure. Trust Foundationsis responsible for instilling confidence in our products by safeguarding our user’s data. We achieve this by developing out-of-the-box identity, access, and secure-data platforms for other engineering teams to utilize. Our mission is to make the most secure path the most efficient path, enabling clinicians, patients, and payers to trust Headway implicitly.
This team is growing and we are hiring for multiple roles at both mid/senior levels. As a Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer on our Trust Foundations team, you’ll be working on 0-1 access control (RBAC/ABAC), OAuth 2.0/OIDC platforms while shaping the long‑term vision for trust at Headway. You will translate open identity and authorization standards into scalable building blocks; embed privacy‑by‑design and reliability principles into everything we build; and mentor engineers across the company in Trust first thinking.
### What you’ll do here:
Building a new mental healthcare system at Headway is only possible because of the scale and leverage that software can provide. The engineering team at Headway is a small but mighty team using technology to build that future (and have a fun time while doing it!).
### Principles that guide us:
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 $168,300 - $237,500, 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.Benefits offered include:Equity Compensation
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.