Senior Software Engineer

About Lyra Health

Lyra Health is a leading provider of evidence-based mental health care, serving more than 20 million people globally in partnership with employers and more than 100 million through health plan and partner relationships. The company has delivered more than 15 million sessions of mental health care, published more than 35 peer-reviewed studies, and delivered unmatched outcomes in terms of access, clinical effectiveness, and cost efficiency.

Extensive peer-reviewed research confirms Lyra’s transformative care model helps people recover twice as fast and results in a 26% annual reduction in overall healthcare claims costs. Lyra is transforming access to life-changing mental health care through Lyra Empower, the only fully integrated, AI-powered platform combining the highest-quality care and technology solutions.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who is eager to build the backend services for our AI/ML product features that make a significant impact within the organization. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic about taking ownership of their work and spearheading cross-functional projects.

Lyra is for you if you:

• Thrive on working with brilliant teammates to solve complex, meaningful problems
• Are passionate about making a social impact and supporting people at their most challenging moments
• Enjoy cross-functional collaboration with therapists, data scientists, engineers and product managers

In this role, you will

• Be part of a team working on building out backend services that will support our core ML/AI product features
• Create the necessary backend infrastructure to enable scalable, resilient and highly performant solutions
• Deploy and manage various applications in production
• And of course, you will be coding every day!

We are looking for someone with:

• 4+ years of experience delivering production ready products
• Ability to write high-quality code in Java (Kotlin a plus) and Python
• Experience implementing, production-level RESTful APIs
• Experience with relational and low-latency databases
• Experience working with Docker and deploying applications to Kubernetes
• A desire to learn new technologies quickly
• A love of building systems from scratch
• A thoughtful approach to balancing quality and deadlines in fast-paced settings
• Excellent communication skills with a talent for building consensus and alignment
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to distill complex problems into clear priorities that move the team and business forward

Nice to haves:

• Experience with modern async Python web frameworks (e.g., FastAPI) and handling data streaming (WebSockets, Server-Sent Events)
• Understanding of basic machine learning principles and how to support inference of ML models in production
• Experience defining and using Protobuf messages
• Experience building solutions on cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS
• Experience working with highly sensitive data in a healthcare environment