Build the infrastructure powering life-saving virtual mental health care. Charlie Health is hiring a Senior Platform Engineer to design, optimize, and scale the systems that keep care accessible and reliable for clients nationwide.
About Charlie Health
Charlie Health delivers personalized, virtual behavioral healthcare for people facing complex mental health needs. Their mission is to break down barriers to care by combining evidence-based treatment, community connection, and innovative technology. Over 90% of clients report improvement in their most challenging symptoms.
Schedule
- Remote U.S.-based role (hybrid required if within commuting distance of NYC office)
- Core collaboration hours: 12pm–5pm EST
- Teams work in Scrumban-style 2-week sprints
What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu and Terragrunt
- Develop core services in Python, Golang, and Typescript
- Improve CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions for faster, more reliable deployments
- Automate provisioning, monitoring, and scaling across systems
- Implement security best practices (IAM, networking, HIPAA compliance)
- Mentor engineers and drive improvements in scalability, reliability, and developer experience
- Participate in on-call rotation to ensure system availability
What You Need
- 3+ years in Platform, DevOps, SRE, or Cloud Engineering
- 2+ years writing production-level backend code
- Strong AWS expertise (ECS Fargate, Lambda, Aurora, SQS, etc.)
- Proficiency with infrastructure as code (Terraform/OpenTofu)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Hands-on experience with Docker, monitoring tools (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana), and troubleshooting distributed systems
- Ability to deliver incremental value while planning for long-term improvements
Nice-to-Have
- Experience with cloud migrations or monolith-to-microservices transitions
- Linux system administration and security best practices
- Familiarity with AI-enabled developer productivity tooling
Benefits
- Base compensation: $150,000–$200,000 annually (location and experience considered)
- Stock options and discretionary bonuses
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Opportunities at this level don’t last long—apply while the role is open.
Help reshape the future of mental healthcare with scalable, secure technology that makes care possible.
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