Senior Software Engineer, Mobile Remote - United States

Senior Software Engineer, Mobile at Headspace

Headspace is hiring a Senior Software Engineer, Mobile to join our Employer Solutions team within the B2B engineering organization. This team builds the latest capabilities to support large-scale employer partnerships ranging from thousands to millions of lives covered per client. In this role, you’ll own the design, development, and delivery of scalable, high‑quality mobile systems and features, ensuring they integrate seamlessly with our backend services and bring Headspace's mission to life.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Headspace’s mobile experiences. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams to prototype, architect, and implement innovative solutions that enhance the functionality, performance, and user experience of our mobile platform. You will operate as an independent technical owner, driving solutions from concept through production, and contributing to the evolution of our mobile architecture and engineering standards. Your contributions will support the continued growth of our organization, helping us deliver exceptional products that improve health and happiness worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of enrollment and content experience features for the Headspace mobile application, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability across a growing employer user base.
• Drive technical design decisions, collaborating closely with cross‑functional teams to define specifications, evaluate trade‑offs, and assess the feasibility of new features and products.
• Own end‑to‑end delivery, including writing and maintaining high‑quality, performant, and efficient code, ensuring best practices and scalability across all development efforts.
• Ensure robust system quality through thorough unit testing and end‑to‑end testing to proactively ensure robustness, reliability, and exceptional usability across diverse edge cases.
• Maintain clear technical documentation, contribute to engineering standards, quality management, and adherence to Headspace’s methods and frameworks, embracing a culture of excellence and continuous learning.
• Provide technical guidance and support to peers, contributing to code reviews, knowledge sharing, and raising the overall quality bar of the team.
• Stay current with industry trends by continuously discovering, evaluating, and integrating emerging technologies (including AI‑assisted development tools) to enhance development efficiency and product quality.
• Leverage your expertise in mobile architecture and design patterns to shape the future of Headspace’s mobile platform.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience building and delivering production mobile applications, with a track record of owning features or systems from design through release.
• 2+ years experience with native Android and/or iOS development and the respective SDKs.
• 2+ years of hands‑on experience developing with Flutter, including deep familiarity with Flutter frameworks, third‑party libraries, and APIs.
• Strong experience with native Android and/or iOS development and the respective SDKs.
• Expertise in mobile architecture and design patterns (e.g., MVC, MVVM) and experience designing reliable, scalable mobile systems.
• Proficient with Git version control systems, and other essential mobile development tools.
• Experience implementing comprehensive testing strategies (unit, integration, and end‑to‑end) to ensure reliability, performance, and maintainability.
• Experience building or supporting data‑driven or AI‑enabled mobile features (e.g., personalization, experimentation, or analytics‑driven UX improvements).
• Ability to make independent technical decisions based on requirements, constraints, and trade‑offs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across product, design, and engineering teams.

Preferred Skills

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related experience.
• Experience with MVVM architecture, SDUI, and CI/CD experience is a plus.
• Experience with flutter_bloc is a plus.
• Skilled in mobile architecture, testing, monitoring, alerting and are excited to apply these principles within the team.

Location: We are currently hiring this role remotely, but must be based in the US. We are also hiring this hybrid for our in San Francisco office (three days a week).

For candidates with a primary residence in the greater SF area, this role will follow our hybrid model. You’ll work 3 days per week from our office, allowing for impactful in‑office collaboration and connection, while enjoying the flexibility of remote work for the rest of the week. Your recruiter will share more details about our hybrid model.

The anticipated new hire base salary range for this full‑time position is $122,400-$195,500 + equity + benefits.

Within this range, individual compensation is determined by a candidate’s location as well as a range of factors including but not limited to: unique relevant experience, job‑related skills, and education or training. Your recruiter will provide more details on the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Equal Opportunity Employer

As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, family or parental status, disability*, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and beyond in fostering diversity across our workplace.

*Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on Headspace.

#J-18808-Ljbffr