Senior Software Engineer, Product (Backend/Fullstack) - US

Founded by Arianna Huffington in 2016, Thrive Global is a leading behavior change technology company with the mission to improve productivity and health outcomes – one Microstep at a time. Thrive helps individuals and organizations improve well-being, performance and mental resilience with its AI-powered behavior change technology platform. Thrive’s Microsteps – small, science-backed steps to improve health and productivity – have been adopted by employees at more than 200 organizations in over 160 countries, from frontline and call center workers to executives at multinational companies. For more information, visit www.thriveglobal.com.

This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of technology, behavioral science, and real-world impact. You’ll help build scalable, reliable systems that support a growing ecosystem of content, coaching, and data-driven insights—while influencing technical direction, architecture, and best practices across the organization.

We’re looking for a thoughtful, kind, and collaborative engineer who takes ownership of outcomes, cares deeply about quality, and thrives in a fast-moving environment. You’ll work closely with Business, Product, and Technology partners to turn complex problems into elegant solutions, while mentoring others and helping shape how we build as a team.

If you’re not sure that you’re 100% qualified, but this sounds like a role you would Thrive in – we want you to apply! We believe skills are transferable and passion for our mission goes a long way.

How You'll Contribute:

As a backend/Full-stack Software engineer, you'll be working as part of a close-knit product engineering team to own, build, and deliver features that drive real user impact.

• Build services that matter - Own, design and ship microservices that power new features and improve the solutions that help bring meaningful health & wellbeing improvements to our users.
• Own what you build - Partner with platform teams to deploy, monitor, operate and troubleshoot your code in production—you'll have real ownership from commit to customer
• Shape the product - Work directly with product, design, and data teams throughout the entire lifecycle—your technical perspective will influence what we build and how we build it
• Level up the team - Actively improve how we work through peer reviews, design sessions, incident response, and mentoring—be part of building something bigger than any single feature

Must Haves:

• Strong production experience in Kotlin, Java, or similar languages, building and maintaining robust, scalable systems
• For full-stack engineers, hands-on production experience with React, Webpack, and TypeScript
• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with B2C platform or consumer-facing service experience as a plus
• Proven ability to ship high-quality products end to end, from design and development through deployment and iteration
• Experience designing, building, and operating scalable, reliable microservice-based architectures, with a solid foundation in systems and application design
• Deep understanding of RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs backed by relational databases, including application architecture and design best practices
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and mentor other engineers
• Experience with Lisp or Lisp-inspired languages is a strong plus

✨ What We Offer:

• 🌍 Mission-Driven Impact: Be part of a company that’s truly making a difference in people’s lives around the world.
• 🚀 Career Growth: Develop within the company and help shape our growth strategy.
• 💙 Human-Centric Culture: Thrive in a supportive environment with a range of wellness perks and benefits.
• 💰 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding total compensation package.
• 🩺 Health & Financial Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus a 401(k) program with company match.
• 🌴 Time to Recharge: Generous paid time-off programs designed to help you rest, reset, and recharge — including Thrive Time, a benefit unique to Thrive that gives employees additional paid time off after major projects or intense periods of work to truly recharge and recover.

Compensation:

Base compensation for this role will likely fall in the $143,000-$209,000 range.

• Please note: We provide a competitive mix of salary, performance bonus, and equity. The final offer amount will depend on factors like experience, expertise, and may differ from the range above. This range also excludes additional benefits, such as 401(k), and medical, dental, or vision insurance.

Thrive is deeply committed to creating a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment so that all employees can bring their whole selves to work.

Thrive is proud to ensure equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, family or parental status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Thrive is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. Please inform Thrive’s Recruiting team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.