Virtual substance use care sold through employers and health plans
Pelago runs a virtual substance use treatment program for employers and health plans, delivered through native mobile apps built on React Native, Expo, Swift and Kotlin with a serverless AWS backend (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, Cognito). Braze and Iterable in the stack, plus a marketing-heavy hiring mix and a Creative Director search, point to a push on member acquisition, while job posts flag a shift toward an AI-native operating model.
Notable leadership hires: Creative Director, Medical Director
Pelago is a New York-based digital health company founded in 2017 that provides virtual, evidence-based treatment for alcohol, tobacco, opioid, cannabis and stimulant use. Its care model blends digital tools, live counseling and medication-assisted treatment. The company sells its program as a confidential benefit to employers and health plans seeking to lower high-cost medical claims. Pelago is privately held, has 51–200 employees, and hires in the United States and United Kingdom across clinical, marketing, engineering and sales functions.
Pelago uses React Native, Expo, Swift and Kotlin for mobile, TypeScript and Node.js services on AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, RDS, Cognito), MySQL, GraphQL, dbt, Braze, Iterable and Salesforce.
Yes. Healthcare is Pelago's largest hiring area, including a Medical Director search, alongside marketing, engineering and sales roles, though overall hiring velocity is slowing.
Job posts point to AI-native product development for substance use treatment, a member acquisition creative system, client renewal processes, a go-to-market launch and a behavioral addictions program.
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