Full Stack Engineer

As a Full Stack Engineer at Psychology Today, you'll be responsible for developing and maintaining our Therapy Directory, engaging with our professional interface, and ensuring seamless integration through APIs and backend services. Your role will also involve working with modular frontend services in an AWS serverless environment, collaborating within an Agile framework, and participating in daily standups and sprint planning. Ultimately, you're helping to create a platform that facilitates connections between therapists and clients, charged with the impactful mission of improving mental health access.

To thrive as a Full Stack Engineer at Psychology Today, you'll need over 2 years of experience with GOLANG and at least 3 years of experience working with modular frontend services in an AWS environment. A strong technical background is crucial, especially in working with event-driven systems at scale. Moreover, since we operate in a distributed, remote-first environment, experience collaborating effectively across time zones and an Agile development process is highly beneficial.

At Psychology Today, our Full Stack Engineers participate in an Agile process focused on two-week sprints—this structure allows teams to iteratively develop, deliver, and improve our Therapy Directory. You'll engage in daily standups for transparent communication, sprint planning to set goals, demos to showcase progress, and bi-weekly retrospectives for continuous improvement. This collaborative approach fosters a responsive and adaptable development culture where every voice is valued.

Psychology Today offers a unique work environment for Full Stack Engineers that blends flexibility with a strong culture of trust and autonomy. Being remote-first allows for a work-life balance that suits your schedule, while our team is committed to maintaining a friendly and insightful atmosphere, filled with smart and funny product thinkers, engineers, and designers. Together, we are dedicated to meaningful work that aims to positively impact millions of lives.

At Psychology Today, a Full Stack Engineer utilizes a modern tech stack that includes GOLANG for backend services and AWS for a serverless frontend architecture. Our commitment to using modular services ensures scalability and efficiency. A strong understanding of event-driven systems and familiarity with API integrations is essential for success in this role, as these components are vital for building our Therapy Directory effectively.

In your response, focus on specifics regarding projects where you utilized GOLANG, the challenges you faced, and how you overcame them. Always highlight your ability to develop efficient, scalable applications and how GOLANG played a vital role in that.

When answering, discuss your familiarity with AWS services, architectural patterns, and practices for optimizing application performance in a serverless setup. Mention any relevant tools or frameworks you've used, emphasizing how these improve scalability and reduce downtime.

Choose a specific project and detail the problem's context, the steps you took to analyze it, and the solutions you explored. Emphasize your problem-solving skills and how your solution positively impacted the product outcome.

Share your experiences with Agile processes, focusing on specific methodologies you've used (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and how you contributed to team objectives. Mention how you handled daily standups and retrospectives to foster teamwork and continuous improvement.

Address strategies you've employed, such as regular check-ins, using collaborative tools, and setting clear expectations. Highlight your philosophy on keeping open lines of communication to prevent misunderstandings and promote transparency.

Describe your experience with designing, implementing, or integrating APIs into applications. Include challenges you faced and how you ensured smooth communication between services and frontend applications.

Express your openness to constructive criticism and highlight any tools or processes (e.g., code reviews, pair programming) that you've engaged with to enhance your coding practices. Show how feedback leads to continuous learning and improvement.

Discuss qualities that are critical in this role such as adaptability, a strong technical foundation, and continuous learning. Provide examples of how you’ve embodied these skills in your past experiences.

Explain your testing process, including both automated and manual testing practices you've used. Discuss how you prioritize creating high-quality code and the tools you rely on for performance monitoring post-deployment.

Share your alignment with the mission of Psychology Today and how your technical skills can contribute to the organization's goals. Reflect on cultural fit and specific aspects of the company that resonate with you, emphasizing your desire to make a meaningful impact.