BCBA Jobs at Soar Autism Center
ESDM-based ABA, with a whole team alongside you
Small caseloads
About 8 children per BCBA
Hybrid schedule
One work-from-home day a week
ESDM training
Provided. No ESDM experience required
Certification pay
Extra pay for clinical certifications
Introduction to the role
Lead each child's plan, from assessment to practice at home
As a BCBA at Soar, you build each child’s plan and guide the team that carries it out. Our BCBAs are expected to write deeply meaningful, individualized programs, check in consistently with the RBTs they supervise on the floor, and evaluate their own work against the ESDM fidelity scorecard. You won’t do it alone: you’ll have close clinical leadership support and SLPs and OTs on the same clinic floor.
Program designer
Design and implement individualized, naturalistic ABA for each child on your caseload, using ESDM-informed strategies. Programs are built around child-led play routines rather than repetitive table-work. ESDM experience isn’t required; we provide the training.
Team lead
Check in consistently with the RBTs carrying out your plans on the clinic floor. You’ll also work with SLPs and OTs on assessments and integrated treatment plans.
Family partner
Partner with families through clear guidance, compassionate communication, and practical support. Families learn the same strategies the team uses, so they can keep practicing at home.
BCBA role requirements
- Master’s degree in Applied Behavior Analysis, Special Education, or a related field
- A license or certification to practice in the state of your center
- Preferred: background in Child Development, Early Childhood Education, or a related field
- Current BCBA certification
- ABA early intervention experience
- No ESDM experience needed. We provide the training
Now hiring Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs)
Whether you’re earning practicum hours or ready to coach other clinicians, there’s a BCBA role at Soar for where you are in your career. Pick a role to filter the openings below, or filter by state or city, then open any opening for its full description and pay.
Our BCBA roles
Behavior Analyst in Training
For students in BCBA coursework who are earning practicum hours. You’ll supervise 3 to 5 cases with 20 paid unrestricted hours a week, report to your center’s Clinical Trainer, and have a path to a BCBA role at Soar once you pass the exam. Currently available in Colorado.
Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
Lead a caseload of about 8 children at one of our centers. You’ll design each child’s ABA plan and supervise the RBTs who carry it out, with one work-from-home day a week.
Clinical Trainer (BCBA)
For experienced BCBAs who love teaching. You’ll coach new RBTs, develop Case Supervisors, and lead training in our ESDM-based care model, while staying close to clinical care. Prior ESDM experience isn’t required.
Clinical Director (BCBA)
A senior clinical leader for one to three centers. You’ll coach BCBAs, Clinical Trainers, and Case Supervisors, own clinical quality for your centers, and partner with the Center Operations Director. The role focuses on clinical outcomes rather than operations.
Remote BCBA
A fully remote BCBA role for clinicians currently licensed in Arizona, practicing play-based ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM).
Open positions
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Behavior Analyst (BCBA)
$81,000 to $103,500 a year
Arvada center · Arvada, CO
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$86,000 to $113,500 a year
Arcadia center · Phoenix, AZ
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$94,000 to $113,500 a year
Bayview center · Baltimore, MD
Soar Autism Center is building a network of interdisciplinary clinics where children with autism and their families receive life-shaping services that help them thrive. As we expand into the Maryland region, we are entering a new chapter of that journey by bringing a model refined across multiple...
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$81,000 to $103,500 a year
Aurora center · Denver, CO
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$86,000 to $113,500 a year
Arrowhead center · Glendale, AZ
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$94,000 to $113,500 a year
Downtown Silver Spring center · Silver Spring, MD
Soar Autism Center is building a network of interdisciplinary clinics where children with autism and their families receive life-shaping services that help them thrive. As we expand into the Maryland region, we are entering a new chapter of that journey by bringing a model refined across multiple...
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$81,000 to $103,500 a year
Capitol Hill center · Denver, CO
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$86,000 to $113,500 a year
Chandler center · Chandler, AZ
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
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$94,000 to $113,500 a year
Fallsgrove center · Rockville, MD
Soar Autism Center is building a network of interdisciplinary clinics where children with autism and their families receive life-shaping services that help them thrive. As we expand into the Maryland region, we are entering a new chapter of that journey by bringing a model refined across multiple...
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$81,000 to $103,500 a year
Centennial center · Centennial, CO
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
Learn moreBehavior Analyst (BCBA)
$86,000 to $113,500 a year
Copper Point-Gilbert center · Gilbert, AZ
At Soar Autism Center, you’ll join a team that’s deeply committed to delivering exceptional, ethical care for young children. We practice play-based, ABA aligned with the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), inside an integrated care center where collaboration with SLPs, OTs, psychologists, and medical...
Learn moreBehavior Analyst (BCBA)
$94,000 to $113,500 a year
Four Corners center · Silver Spring, MD
Soar Autism Center is building a network of interdisciplinary clinics where children with autism and their families receive life-shaping services that help them thrive. As we expand into the Maryland region, we are entering a new chapter of that journey by bringing a model refined across multiple...
Learn moreA week in the life of a BCBA at Soar
Every week mixes time on the clinic floor, planning and assessment, and collaboration with the rest of the clinical team.
Plan and assess
Conduct standardized assessments, track each child’s progress, and adjust plans based on the data. Caseloads are designed for depth of care, not volume, so each plan gets the attention it needs.
On the clinic floor
Check in consistently with the RBTs who carry out your plans, right on the clinic floor. You’ll see your programs in action, with SLPs and OTs working with the same children nearby.
Weekly team meetings
Join weekly interdisciplinary collaboration and care meetings with SLPs and OTs, and build integrated treatment plans that line up each child’s goals across disciplines.
Family partnership
Share progress with families and give them practical strategies they can use at home, with clear guidance and compassionate communication along the way.
Why working at Soar is different
Founded by a medical family. Designed by clinical experts. Built for sustainable, high-quality care.
Train and grow in the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM)
Most clinicians already incorporate play into sessions. But there is a material difference between using play as a reward for completing rigid tasks, and using an NDBI framework where the play is the teaching structure. At Soar, our model is built entirely around the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM). Instead of forcing compliance through repetitive table-work, our clinicians use child-led play routines to naturally embed learning opportunities.
- No ESDM experience? We provide the training as you grow.
- Clinicians can pursue ESDM certification, sponsored by Soar, as they progress through our career steps.
True integrated care (no more clinical silos)
In many healthcare settings, speech, occupational, and behavioral therapies exist in entirely separate silos. At Soar, SLPs, OTs, and BCBAs share the same clinic floor. Because the whole team practices within the play-based ESDM framework, it’s easier to line up your goals with the rest of the team’s, and you have the collective expertise of a multidisciplinary team without having to be an expert in everything.
- RBTs work alongside you, so clinical goals are reinforced throughout each child’s day.
Robust clinical support and infrastructure
Because our roots are in family and medicine, we prioritize sustainable, high-quality care over sheer volume. Caseloads stay small, about 8 children per BCBA, and dedicated operational support handles the administrative work. We hold our clinical team to high expectations, but you aren’t left to figure it out alone.
- Clear decision trees, structured mentorship, and an invested leadership team to guide you through your learning curves.
- Deep onboarding and ongoing training in our ESDM-based care model, with close clinical leadership support.
A career focused on young children
We focus on young children. Your caseload stays in that age group instead of stretching from toddlers to teens in the same week, so you can specialize in early childhood care.
From our team
A lot of places say they’re ‘play-based’ just because there are toys in the clinic, but the teaching itself is still rigid and structured around DTT. Coming to Soar was a complete shift – the ESDM model flows naturally within play, which feels so much more ethically aligned for me as a BCBA.
Clinical Trainer
It is such a relief and a joy to have this integrated care model. In the past, I felt this uncomfortable pressure to be an expert in speech or OT, which I’m not. Before Soar, it took me four years just to toilet-train four kids on my own. In just one year here working side-by-side with our team on the floor, we toilet-trained five kids.
Clinical Trainer
Benefits that support you
Benefits vary by role, schedule, and location, so check each opening for its full list.
Health coverage
Medical, dental, and vision plans, including $0 deductible medical plans
Paid time off
11 company holidays plus 15 to 20 additional paid days off
Retirement
401(k) with a company contribution after one year
Student loan help
Student loan repayment assistance
Bonuses
Sign-on and annual performance bonus potential, by role and location
Grow your career at Soar
We support clear career paths and opportunities for advancement for our clinicians. We actively invest in your growth through internal promotions: our career steps, specialized certifications, and leadership roles give you room to grow as our centers expand.
Clinician
Learn and grow the foundations to being an excellent ESDM practitioner as you start your career with us.
Lead Clinician
Advance your ESDM skills and expertise through additional training, learning, and development.
Senior Lead Clinician
Start the process to become ESDM certified and grow and develop your skills.
Master Clinician
Finalize your ESDM certification and gain access to additional rewards and benefits for achieving this tremendous milestone.
Specialist Clinician Tracks
Clinicians at the Lead Clinician level and above have opportunities to pursue other leadership and development opportunities, including special projects and roles in training, operations, and specialist areas of focus.
Building excellence in ESDM practice
Field-changing expertise, impacting our staff's learning and development
From CEU sessions to small group learning, members of Soar’s clinical advisory board provide meaningful input to the design and implementation of our learning and development for our staff.
In-house ESDM training excellence
We designed specialized in-house ESDM training sessions and mentorship programs to enhance our staff’s skills, making it easy to apply knowledge to roles and ensure our staff remain at the forefront of autism care.
Questions candidates ask
Do you offer remote or hybrid BCBA roles?
Yes. Center-based BCBAs get one work-from-home day a week, and some centers offer two, depending on clinical needs and team coordination. We also hire fully remote BCBAs who are licensed in Arizona.
Can I earn supervision hours at Soar before I'm a BCBA?
Yes. Our Behavior Analyst in Training role, at our Colorado centers, is for students in BCBA coursework who are earning practicum hours. It includes 20 paid unrestricted hours a week.
Can I be considered for all centers when I apply?
Yes. For our RBT, BCBA, OT, and SLP positions, you can be considered for all local centers in your area with one application. You are not required to submit multiple applications.
Do I need a certification ahead of time to apply?
You do not need a license or certification for our RBT position. However, for all clinical roles (i.e., BCBA, OT, and SLP) you are required to have a license or certification that allows you to practice within the state of the center you applied to.
How do your career progressions work if I already have directly-related experience in the field?
To allow new employees to acclimate to the ESDM care model, we start all new employees out on the same level. However, experienced new hires have the ability to accelerate their progression timeline.
Can I still apply if I’m interested in a future location?
Yes! You can still apply if you’re interested in a location that hasn’t opened yet. Typically, we have employees join an existing center then transfer to the new center once it is up and running.
I have experience from another ABA center, but I don’t have experience in ESDM. Can I still apply?
Absolutely! Several of our team members joined without direct experience in ESDM. Soar ensures that all interested team members have access to ESDM training throughout their career progression.
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