Our Impact: 

While there are more and more platforms with therapists, often, it's the same therapist on multiple platforms. That's good, but 46% of therapists say they are overwhelmed and burned out. And there are only 30 licensed therapists for every 100,000 people in the U.S. MentalHappy is a Y-Combinator backed telehealth platform that allows health providers to expand access to mental health services through online support groups. Our mission is to one day expand mental health access to over 1 billion people worldwide.  

We are a small team where you’ll have immediate impact.. As the VP of Engineering, your role will be to help define and implement our technology roadmap, ultimately creating an exceptional product that is used by community members. You will also be in charge of building and leading a strong engineering team. This role also offers growth opportunities for CTO or CPO roles. 

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You will work directly with the CEO. This is the ideal role for a technically-minded product leader looking to help build a business from its earliest stage and shake up a historically stagnant industry.

Who you are (human skills): 

• An individual who enjoys  working within a startup environment
• Able to work independently or as part of a team 
• A person who is resilient and creative during challenging situations and times
• Mission-driven and feel a personal connection to what we're building at MentalHappy.
• Always willing to talk out disagreements

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What you will do:

• Build teams within your area of engineering, that deliver high quality software, minimizing defects that reach customers, while monitoring observability and incident response processes to drive improvements
• Organize and foster an Agile environment that delivers using best practices in Architecture, Security, and Compliance is a personal passion of yours
• Facilitate collaboration between engineering and product teams in solving exciting and challenging problems across the platform
• You will work with functional leadership across the organization, developing particularly strong relationships with product, design, care and provider operations to ensure engineering works in synergy to deliver world-class software products at scale.

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What you are like (hard skills):

• 5+ years of experience building out full stack apps; including mobile, frontend web and backend applications
• 5+ years of experience in product management (with at least 2 or more years as a product lead), and a strong technical background.
• BS / MS degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field preferred OR equivalent in experience. 
• Experience leading one or more engineering teams.
• Demonstrated success as a product leader in the creation of one or more products from scratch.
• User-focused – you create seamless interfaces, and you focus on finding or building solutions to any user problems that arise.
• Strong communicator – you know how to communicate with engineers to motivate them, and you appreciate the engineering product building life cycle.
  
  

What we offer:

• You will be part of a mission­-driven company that's truly making a difference in the lives of people around the world ­
• You will have the opportunity to develop within the company and shape our growth strategy
• You will join a human-centric culture with a range of wellness perks and benefits
• You will be offered a competitive compensation package
• You will have access to medical, dental and vision coverage + 401k program with company match
• You will enjoy PTO
  

Location: Our center of gravity is in San Francisco, CA, but we've been a remote first engineering team from day zero and you can work from anywhere that suits you.

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Salary: Negotiable.