Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2027)

About Us:

Grow was born to tackle a critical challenge: making mental health care more effective and accessible for everyone. Since launching in 2020, 15 million sessions have started on Grow, and we've barely scratched the surface. We do it through a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers, augments insurance payors, and serves patients. Every solution we build reveals ten more waiting to be delivered, and that's just what gets us going. We've backed that ambition with more than $328M in funding, including our Series D at a $3B valuation from Sequoia Capital, Transformation Capital, TCV, SignalFire, Menlo Ventures, Goldman Sachs Alternatives, and others.

At Grow, the work you do can literally change someone's life. Your work here doesn't stay on a screen; it impacts whether someone can find, afford, and access quality care. That ambition sets us apart, and offers you an endless runway to impact one of the world's most urgent issues. We don’t have passenger seats here. Everyone is driving something that matters.

This work deserves real commitment. So if you thrive on meeting problems head on, untangling serious complexity, and working at pace with the sharpest yet kindest people around, you've come to the right place.

About the Internship

Where a day’s work is life-changing. Over 12 weeks, you’ll join a product engineering team and own a scoped project addressing a real client, provider, or business need. You’ll contribute to the technical approach and production code, work cross-functionally, and ship a solution with meaningful impact.

With support from a dedicated engineer Mentor and Engineering Manager, you’ll receive regular guidance, candid feedback, a midpoint review, and a final project review. As one of 10 interns in Grow’s founding New York City cohort, you’ll also participate in technical learning, leadership conversations, networking, and social experiences—and help shape the program for future interns.

What We Look for in an Intern

• You’re building a strong technical foundation: You’re currently enrolled in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program in computer science, software engineering, or a related field, with an expected graduation date of Fall 2027 or Spring 2028. Through coursework or hands‑on experience, you’ve developed familiarity with data structures, algorithms, software design, and at least one general-purpose programming language. Experience with Python, TypeScript, React, or similar technologies is helpful but not required.

• You use AI tools with judgment: You’re comfortable using AI‑assisted development tools to generate, debug, and verify code while thinking critically about correctness, privacy, security, and impact. (Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or similar)

• You show potential through practice: You’ve applied your skills through projects, research, hackathons, open‑source contributions, student organizations, an internship or co‑op, or other hands‑on experiences.

• You bring a high bar and high care: You value quality and attention to detail while treating teammates with kindness, honesty, and respect.

• You build for the people we serve: You stay close to client, provider, and health‑plan needs and bring urgency to work that can improve access to mental healthcare.

What You'll Work On

• Own a meaningful project that goes into production, becomes part of our product, and improves the client and provider experience.

• Participate in planning, stand‑ups, code reviews, demos, and retrospectives as a member of a product team

• Investigate bugs, evaluate tradeoffs, and use data and customer context to improve your solution

• Communicate progress, risks, decisions, and learnings throughout the internship

• Present your project, technical approach, and impact at the end of the program

Program Details & Intern Benefits

• Employment Type: Summer Internship, Full Time, Exempt

• Program Dates: June 1–August 20, 2027 [12 weeks]

• This is a hybrid role with the expectation to work onsite from our NYC hub location 3 days per week [Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday]

• Base Compensation: $50/hr

• Housing Stipend: $5,000

• Meal Benefit [$25 per day DoorDash credit for onsite days]

• Paid Company Holidays

Note: This is a temporary intern position, and as such, does not include benefits provided to full‑time employees.

Full Time Employee Benefits:

• Health Benefits : Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage.

• Grow for Grow : No cost access to therapy through the Grow platform (available to US employees)

• Financial Wellness : Retirement savings programs and equity opportunities to help you invest in your future.

• Flexible Time Off, Paid Holidays & Winter Break : Flexible time off, company paid holidays (which vary by country), and a full company wide Winter Break to rest and recharge

• Parental Leave : Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave to support you and your growing family and a new child stipend.

• Mental Health Mornings/Afternoons : Dedicated weekly flexible time for self care, whether that’s therapy, exercise, journaling, time with family, or simply taking a break.

• Wellness & Development Stipend : Annual stipend to support your personal wellbeing and professional growth, from fitness and education to books and learning resources.

• Commuter Benefits : Pre tax commuter benefits to support teammates working from one of our hub locations.

• Home Office & Meals : Support for your home workspace plus meal benefits, with offerings tailored to both remote and hub based employees.

• Additional Perks : A variety of wellbeing benefits, including wellness memberships, virtual care, pet insurance discounts (where available), and global travel assistance.

Research shows that some groups hesitate to apply unless they meet every qualification. If you’re excited about this role but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply. At Grow, we value diverse experiences, transferable skills, and the unique strengths each person brings.

Grow Therapy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Use of AI Tools: We use certain AI and automated tools to support recruitment. These tools help our team review applications, organize interviews, detect potential application integrity issues, and maintain interview records; they do not make final hiring decisions.

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