The Problem
Severe mental illness affects over 15 million adults in the United States. Schizophrenia. Schizoaffective disorder. Bipolar I. Treatment-resistant depression. These are the conditions the rest of healthcare has systematically failed to build for.
What makes this problem different from most of healthcare is that the tools to solve it do not exist. The clinical protocols, the measurement science, the precision medicine, the technology to deliver coordinated longitudinal outpatient care for this population. None of it has been built. This is a frontier problem, and it requires frontier science and care delivery to solve.
We are developing all of it. The care, the science, the technology.
Who We Are
Amae Health is a Series B, venture-backed Public Benefit Corporation delivering specialty outpatient care for people with severe mental illness through high-acuity, in-person clinics nationwide.
Our integrated model brings psychiatry, therapy, primary care, dietitians, and community support together under one roof. Leading health systems—including NewYork-Presbyterian, Cedars-Sinai, Mass General Brigham, Novant Health, and CommonSpirit—partner with us to expand this level of care.
Alongside care delivery, we are building the science and technology the field has long lacked—proprietary clinical protocols, novel measurement, and an AI-driven data platform designed for severe mental illness.
The impact: fewer hospitalizations, greater stability, and more people living meaningful lives in their communities.
The Team
We are clinicians, operators, technologists, and scientists who chose Amae because the problem is hard and the stakes are real. We are not interested in incremental improvements to a broken system—we are redefining it.
Every function—finance, product, people, growth, technology—exists to serve one goal: better outcomes for the people we care for.
The Role
We are seeking a Senior/Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer to help build and scale Amae Health's patient and clinic-facing technology platform. In this hands-on individual contributor role based in San Francisco (in-person, full-time), your work will be central to shaping how patients and families access our precision psychiatry services.
What You'll Work On
- Design, develop, and ship full-stack web applications using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Node.js
- Architect, implement, and maintain APIs and backend services that power our clinical and patient-facing experiences
- Deploy, monitor, and scale production systems using Vercel, AWS, or similar cloud infrastructure
- Integrate securely with healthcare data sources (EHRs, FHIR, HL7) in compliance with HIPAA and related regulations
- Collaborate closely with product, design, and clinical teams to turn real-world healthcare workflows into intuitive, performant software
- Write clean, testable, maintainable code and contribute to internal tooling, documentation, and developer experience
- Help shape Amae's long-term technical direction by mentoring teammates through code reviews and architectural discussions
- (Optional) Experiment with AI/ML features that enhance clinical workflows and patient engagement
What You'll Have
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping full-stack web applications
- Deep proficiency in React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern front-end tooling
- Strong backend experience in Node.js (Python a plus) and SQL/PostgreSQL
- Experience deploying and managing applications on Vercel, AWS, or equivalent cloud environments
- Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and healthcare interoperability standards (nice-to-have)
- Solid understanding of security, authentication/authorization, and data privacy best practices
- Comfortable in a fast-paced startup environment balancing rapid iteration with sound engineering discipline
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
- Ability to work full-time in-person in our San Francisco HQ
What We're Building
Most healthcare companies ask you to optimize an existing system. We're building one that has never existed.
- A national care model designed for the highest-acuity patients in behavioral health.
- Precision medicine for severe mental illness, using multimodal clinical, behavioral, and social data to personalize treatment.
- A clinical operating system that integrates longitudinal data, real-time patient signals, and purpose-built tools into a single decision layer.
- New science and measurement frameworks to define what real outcomes look like in SMI.
- A health-system partnership model proving coordinated SMI care can work at scale.
Compensation & Benefits
Amae Health is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Base salary range for this role is $175,000 to $220,000 per year based on level and a full-time schedule; the compensation package will include equity. Total compensation includes comprehensive medical/dental/vision, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and programs built around employee well-being. We'll share specifics during the interview process.
Amae Health is building the care platform, the precision medicine, and the frontier science that severe mental illness has never had. If you want to be part of creating something this hard and this important, something that has never been done, we'd like to talk.
What We Value
We center care in all we do. Empathy is not a brand value. It’s how we make clinical decisions, build products, and treat each other.
We challenge convention. The existing system is the problem. We question it, we test alternatives, and we move with urgency when something works.
We take the work seriously, not ourselves. High standards and humanity are not in tension. We hold a hard bar for quality while leaving room for humor and levity.
Your job isn’t done until the job is done. We close gaps, we follow through, and we don’t hide behind titles or org charts.
We win together and fail together. We own outcomes as a team. We learn fast. We don’t do blame.
We hustle with humility. Speed matters. So does integrity. We assume best intent and stay grounded in the mission.
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