Why Charlie Health?
We are currently facing a nationwide mental health epidemic marked by rising rates of depression, anxiety, trauma, substance use disorders, and suicide. At the same time, those seeking help often encounter barriers—whether geographic, financial, or systemic—that prevent them from receiving timely and effective care. This urgent need calls for a reimagined approach to behavioral health treatment.
At Charlie Health, our mission is to connect the world to life-saving mental health treatment. Our innovative virtual programs combine curated group sessions, individual therapy, and family therapy, delivered through personalized, evidence-based treatment plans designed for sustainable healing from the comfort of home. By connecting individuals with shared experiences and fostering supportive communities, Charlie Health provides a pathway to long-term recovery, with over 90% of our clients seeing improvement in their most challenging mental health symptoms.
Every member of our team shares a deep commitment to this mission. If you’re driven to make a meaningful impact, we invite you to join us in reshaping the future of mental healthcare.
About the Role
As the first dedicated mobile engineer at Charlie Health, you will establish the direction and build mobile applications from the ground up. You will both define the strategic foundation and lead development to create exceptional, impactful solutions. Collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, you will shape, refine, and scale our mobile experience to deliver on our mission of improving mental health care access. This role offers the opportunity to set standards and lay the groundwork for future mobile engineering hires, guiding team growth and success. Ideal candidates thrive on greenfield projects, innovation, and creating both immediate and long-term impact.
We’re a team of passionate, forward-thinking professionals eager to take on the challenge of the mental health crisis and play a formative role in providing life-saving solutions. If you’re inspired by our mission and energized by the opportunity to increase access to mental healthcare and impact millions of lives in a profound way, apply today.
Responsibilities
- Develop, deploy, and maintain high-quality, scalable mobile applications from the ground up.
- Define and establish the technical direction, architecture, and best practices for mobile development, creating a strong foundation for current and future projects.
- Own the entire lifecycle of mobile features, from ideation and design through development, testing, release, and ongoing support, ensuring a seamless and performant user experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including design, product, and other engineering teams, to define and iterate on mobile features that deliver user and business value.
- Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented mobile engineering culture.
- Leverage data, user feedback, and analytics to continually enhance and refine the mobile product experience.
- Drive improvements in mobile development processes, tools, and workflows to maximize efficiency, scalability, and quality.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience building and delivering native mobile applications in production environments for both iOS and Android.
- Expertise with modern mobile development technologies such as Swift, Kotlin, or similar, to deliver high-performance, user-friendly applications.
- Proven ability to build and own CI/CD pipelines for mobile applications that cover the entire development lifecycle, from testing, building, qa’ing, and listing releases in the Apple App Store and Google Play
- Experience instrumenting and monitoring mobile applications with tools such as Datadog or Sentry
- Strong understanding of mobile design principles, UX best practices, and platform-specific considerations for creating exceptional user experiences.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience working closely with cross-functional product, design, and engineering teams.
- Effective problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex challenges into actionable solutions.
- Growth mindset, adaptability, and a passion for working in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment.
- Please note that members of this team who live within 75 minutes of a Charlie Health office are expected to adhere to a hybrid work schedule.
Charlie Health does not provide visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Charlie Health is pleased to offer comprehensive benefits to all full-time employees. Read more about our benefits here.#LI-Remote
Additional Information
The total target base compensation for this role will be between $175,000 and $225,000 per year at the commencement of employment. In addition to base compensation, this role also offers a performance bonus. Please note, pay will be determined on an individualized basis and will be impacted by location, experience, expertise, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. Further, cash compensation is only part of the total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may include stock options and other Charlie Health-sponsored benefits.
Our Values
- Connection: Care deeply & inspire hope.
- We care personally about every single person in the Charlie Health ecosystem: our clients, providers, and team members alike.
- We inspire hope with every interaction, reminding our clients that we truly and unconditionally believe in them.
- Congruence: Stay curious & heed the evidence.
- We ask “why” five times before we’re satisfied with the answer. We don’t stick to the status quo; we challenge our assumptions and remain humble.
- Above all, we’re results-oriented. When we find data that calls our original plan into question, we modify or pivot.
- Commitment: Act with urgency & don’t give up.
- We work as swiftly as possible. The mental health crisis is relentless, and so are we.
- Our clients don’t give up and neither do we. Persistence is our superpower.
Please do not call our public clinical admissions line in regard to this or any other job posting.
Please be cautious of potential recruitment fraud. If you are interested in exploring opportunities at Charlie Health, please go directly to our Careers Page: https://www.charliehealth.com/careers/current-openings. Charlie Health will never ask you to pay a fee or download software as part of the interview process with our company. In addition, Charlie Health will not ask for your personal banking information until you have signed an offer of employment and completed onboarding paperwork that is provided by our People Operations team. All communications with Charlie Health Talent and People Operations professionals will only be sent from @charliehealth.com email addresses. Legitimate emails will never originate from gmail.com, yahoo.com, or other commercial email services.
Recruiting agencies, please do not submit unsolicited referrals for this or any open role. We have a roster of agencies with whom we partner, and we will not pay any fee associated with unsolicited referrals.
At Charlie Health, we value being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strive to cultivate an environment where individuals can be their authentic selves. Being an Equal Opportunity Employer means every member of our team feels as though they are supported and belong. We value diverse perspectives to help us provide essential mental health and substance use disorder treatments to all young people.
Charlie Health applicants are assessed solely on their qualifications for the role, without regard to disability or need for accommodation.
