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Founding Engineer (AI Therapy App for OCD - React Native/Node.js)

Posted: 2 weeks ago

We're building the future of OCD treatment. We need a full-stack mobile (React Native/node.js) engineer who wants to be part of the journey and vision. Remote only - can work from any country.

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Accepting applications on a rolling basis, but looking to hire ASAP!

⛔️ WARNING ⛔️
You’ll find better-paying jobs here, if that’s your motivation. But if you’re tired of pushing pixels that impacts no one… and instead want to build a beautiful product that truly changes the lives of 160m+ OCD sufferers, we might be the right fit :)

Role
As a one-person full-time team, I’ve been bootstrapping the app myself (we’re at 15k users). But I’m at the point where I need to focus on growth & product strategy. There’s a lot of new ideas to test, feature to improve, and technical debt that's adding up. You’ll own the codebase and end-to-end development pipeline. Our stack is not technically complex at all (React Native/node-js/supabase with standard LLM integrations), but managing the workload and making strategic technical decisions will be. Sounds like a lot of responsibility? It is. Sounds exciting? Keep reading…

Qualifications

  1. YOU'RE A PRODUCT-OBSESSED DEVELOPER 📱. 80% of the app will be built by you, as the founding engineer. It's your baby, so you need to LOVE building beautiful & impactful products. Be ready to chip in with product strategy ideas, push back on features that don't make sense (technically or product-wise), and even conduct user interviews. Your code isn't just lines on a screen - it's a therapy tool that is a LIFELINE for our users.

  2. YOU THRIVE IN 0 to 1 START-UP ENVIRONMENTS 🥷. You can 1) solve problems independently & learn new frameworks quickly, 2) ship working (not perfect) code rapidly, ) and 3) architect new features from absolutely nothing. Your best friend is Cursor + Claude 3.7, and sometimes stack overflow. You MUST have experience building apps (mobile or web) from just an idea.

  3. YOU CARE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH 🧠 . It's as simple as that, you care about the mission & vision. If you don't care about what you're building, you'll get burnt out. Who said building a truly life-changing app would be easy?

Compensation

  • If compensation is why you’re still reading, I’ll reiterate: you’ll find better paying jobs elsewhere. Sorry, but bootstrapping = tight budget.

  • $20-40/hr.

  • Equity.

  • This will start with a part-time trial project, then progress to full-time if we’re a good fit.

What the heck is an AI OCD Therapy App?
There's an OCD crises. And we're fixing that through responsible AI. If you're familiar with OCD, then you're also familiar with how difficult living with OCD is - it's the 7th most debilitating disorder in the world! On top of all the harmful stereotypes, OCD treatment is incredibly inaccessible and expensive. Most therapists don't even know how to treat OCD properly. That means there's 160m+ OCD sufferers out there that need care. We're building a mobile app to provide the quality and evidence-based therapy these sufferers need… at their fingertips.

Email hello@bechoiceful.com with any questions or issues.