Staff Engineer - Platorm

The Opportunity

We’re hiring a Staff Engineer to join our dynamic and talented platform team to help build the internal developer ecosystem powering Grow’s next-generation mental healthcare platform. You’ll join a mission-driven team where engineering decisions have broad organizational impact and directly support Grow’s goal of making affordable mental health care more accessible across the U.S.

As a platform engineer, you’ll tackle complex challenges spanning AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes (EKS) operations, CI/CD pipelines, and the tooling, automations, and workflows that drive Grow’s engineering velocity.

As a staff-level engineer, you’ll lead large-scale initiatives that cross organizational boundaries, balancing autonomy with accountability for outcomes. You’ll own key areas of our platform roadmap and partner closely with product engineering to deliver capabilities that improve development speed, reliability, and scalability.

Why This Role Is Exciting

As a Staff Engineer on our Platform team, you’ll have a unique opportunity to shape how our entire organization builds and ships software—driving faster, safer, and more reliable delivery at scale. You’ll join a talented, highly collaborative team of engineers whose work expands access to high-quality mental healthcare for millions of Americans.

What You'll Work On

You’ll help us deliver a next-generation, Kubernetes-based internal developer platform that:

• Forms a Strong Foundation: Resilient and scalable platform architecture; Automated cluster and infrastructure management.

• Provides New Capabilities: Progressive delivery (Canary, Blue/Green); Multi-stage deployment pipelines; Ephemeral dev/test environments; Declarative application infrastructure management.

• Reduces Friction: Self-service application lifecycle workflows; Golden-path Application infrastructure abstractions.

Who You Are

Because this is a pivotal, cross-functional role, we’re looking for a candidate with exceptional technical leadership and strong communication skills. The ideal candidate has deep experience in Kubernetes operations and development.

• 10+ years of professional experience: You have a track record of leading large-scale technical initiatives and delivering on outcomes.

• Kubernetes operations: You have deep experience operating clusters (e.g., EKS), automating their lifecycles, and maintaining production SLOs for cluster services.

Self-service platforms: You have designed Kubernetes-based abstractions that have empowered development teams to manage their own services and infrastructure.

• Cloud infrastructure: You have experience automating cloud infrastructure on providers such as AWS using tools such as Terraform or Crossplane.

• Technical Breadth: You have experience with multiple backend languages (preferably Python, Go, and/or Typescript), solid foundations in networking concepts, and feel at home in a Linux terminal environment.

• Impact-oriented: You prioritize outcomes over output and think deeply about the business and user value behind your work. As a staff-level engineer, you understand how to drive impact through influence and leadership as much as through writing code.

Self-starting: While you’re happy to take direction, you are intrinsically motivated and thrive when given the opportunity to lead initiatives. 

• Adaptable: Your strong opinions are loosely held; you’re open to new ideas and avenues of exploration; you are able to roll with the flow when business opportunities arise and priorities shift.

• Team player: You collaborate well, communicate with empathy, and enjoy mentoring and learning from others.

Bonus Points

• You have production experience with FluxCD, ArgoCD, Kargo, AWS Controller for Kubernetes (ACK), and/or Crossplane.

• You’ve designed and developed CI/CD pipelines meant to serve multiple teams/applications.

• You’ve contributed to open source Kubernetes projects.

• You were once a product developer before moving into platform development.

• You use modern AI tools (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to boost your productivity and focus on higher-leverage problems.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Drive strategic product initiatives from concept to launch, leveraging design thinking to influence product strategy and business outcomes

• Design and prototype end-to-end user experiences with pixel-perfect execution, considering every interaction, animation, and transition

• Champion design excellence by treating product as an extension of our brand, ensuring every touchpoint meets the highest quality standards

• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Engineering, Product Management, and other stakeholders to bring ambitious visions to life

• Senior-level ownership with the autonomy to drive major product initiatives and influence company-wide design decisions

• Strategic leadership within the design organization, helping to shape team culture and design standards

What We're Looking For:

• Strategic mindset with a passion for 0-to-1 product development and the ability to see the bigger picture

• Exceptional craft with meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to pixel-perfect execution

• Prototyping expertise across multiple tools and mediums, with the ability to bring ideas to life quickly and effectively

• Motion design sensibility with deep consideration for animations, transitions, and micro-interactions

• Brand-conscious approach that understands how product design extends and amplifies brand identity

• Process leadership experience in establishing workflows, design systems, and team practices

• Mentorship capabilities with experience guiding and developing junior design talent

• Cross-functional collaboration skills with proven ability to work effectively with Engineering, PM, and other disciplines

• In-house product experience required; agency experience is a plus

• Conversational AI experience is a plus, given our focus on innovative mental health solutions

You'll Be A Good Fit If:

• 5+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and exceptional execution

• Senior-level experience with proven track record of leading complex, high-impact product initiatives

• Experience working on consumer-facing products with significant user impact

• Proficiency in design tools (Figma, Photoshop, etc.)

• Strong understanding of design systems, accessibility, and responsive design principles

• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments

• Excellent communication skills and ability to present and defend design decisions

Role Details:

• Employment Type: Full-Time, Exempt

• Base Compensation: The base compensation range for this position is    Hybrid Commitment: $265,000 - 310,000 USD Annually     Fully Remote Commitment: $220,000 - 260,000 USD Annually

This role can be hybrid (onsite from our NYC, San Francisco, or Seattle hub location three days per week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) or fully remote. Both arrangements include travel 2–3 times per year (e.g., company and department offsites). The base compensation for this role will vary depending on several factors, including relevant experience, qualifications, and the candidate’s working location.