Senior Platform Engineer
Good Inside
Software Engineering
New York, NY, USA · Manhattan, New York, NY, USA
USD 195k-205k / year + Equity
Who We Are
Good Inside is redefining parenting - not as something that should “just come naturally,” but as a skill to learn and practice. Founded by Dr. Becky Kennedy and Dr. Erica Belsky, we combine sturdy leadership with innovative technology to give parents personalized guidance, AI-powered support, and a global community.
Our mission: help parents raise resilient, confident kids in a changing world. We’ve already reached millions, and we’re just getting started. We’re refining our product and expanding our reach to empower even more families.
We’re looking for bold, high-ownership problem-solvers who want to build something new, tackle big challenges, and be at the forefront of change.
The Opportunity
Good Inside is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer. You’ll have a massive impact helping hundreds of thousands of parents discover life-changing solutions to their deepest issues. In this role, you’ll work to rapidly experiment and build features that drive user acquisition.
This role is a hybrid position with three days a week in our Manhattan office.
What You’ll Own
- The design, development and maintenance of all backend services as well as our Backend for Frontend abstraction layer
- Connecting and maintaining any 3rd party services that are essential to our business
- Act as a resource for other engineers, as well as product managers regarding all things backend
- Collaborating with frontend engineers on how to best serve and visualize data
- Writing and distributing clear documentation regarding architectural choices and processes
- Foster a collaborative and innovative team culture.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest technology in backend development, with a focus on scalability, and apply this knowledge to tackle complex problems in innovative ways.
- Facilitate effective communication between the development team and other departments.
Your Skills & Experience
- You have a Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
- You have 5+ years of development experience with a focus on performance, scalability and observability.
- You have 3 to 5 years of experience writing code in Python
- You have experience with frameworks like FastAPI, Flask and Django
- Previous experience with data engineering is a big plus
- You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop and maintain relationships at all levels within the organization
- Python, FastAPI & SQLAlchemy experience (bonus, but not required).
- Familiarity with Dart & Flutter (our mobile app tech stack).
- Contributions to open source or public tech talks/blog posts.
- Prior mentorship or interview experience.
What We Offer
- Competitive Compensation: base salary for this role will be $195k - $205k annually
- Company Equity
- Comprehensive benefits package
- 401k + Company match
- Time off to recharge
- Hybrid work environment
- A high-ownership, high-performance, high-collaboration culture
Equal Employment Opportunity
Good Inside is an equal opportunity employer and as such, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
We are dedicated to growing a diverse team of highly talented people. As much as we believe in focusing on the parent behind the parenting and the child behind the behavior, we believe in focusing on the person behind the job. We’re dedicated to building a workplace where we give each other the strategies, support, and space we each need to thrive—believing in and bringing out the good inside of everyone..
If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, whether it be alternate forms of material, accessible meeting rooms, etc., please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
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