Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend)

hims & hers
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 240,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","Cross-functional collaboration","Ambiguity handling","Customer-centricity"]

Lead backend architectural innovation for customer-facing systems, defining long-term technical strategy and governance across the organization. Partner with engineering and product leadership to ensure architecture supports product and business outcomes, drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, and mentor senior technical leaders. Navigate ambiguity to unblock execution, translate customer and clinical needs into reliable scalable solutions, and prioritize non-functional foundations like observability, migrations, and reliability.

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hims & hers
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1 month ago

Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend)

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Job Summary

Lead backend architectural innovation for customer-facing systems, defining long-term technical strategy and governance across the organization. Partner with engineering and product leadership to ensure architecture supports product and business outcomes, drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, and mentor senior technical leaders. Navigate ambiguity to unblock execution, translate customer and clinical needs into reliable scalable solutions, and prioritize non-functional foundations like observability, migrations, and reliability.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing backend systems aligned with business strategy.
  • •Establish governance, patterns, and frameworks to ensure quality, resilience, and operational excellence across engineering teams.
  • •Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and ensure architecture supports strategic goals.
  • •Mentor senior technical leaders and drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, tools, and development norms.
  • •Lead through complexity and ambiguity to clarify direction, remove blockers, and accelerate delivery of strategic initiatives.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 240,000 - 280,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionPaid Leave401kEspp

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of professional software engineering experience with group-level technical leadership.
  • •Experience with Kotlin, Java, or Go and strong system design skills for scale and performance.
  • •Introduce and scale shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams.
  • •Proficiency with CI/CD workflows (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub), cloud infrastructure (AWS), and container/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), plus observability (e.g., Datadog).
  • •Drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions, translating customer and clinical needs into reliable solutions.
Experience:12+ yearsHealthcareHealth and wellnessPlatform engineering
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipCross-functional collaborationAmbiguity handlingCustomer-centricity
Tech Stack:KotlinJavaGoCircleCIGitHubAWSDockerKubernetesDatadog

Company Brief

hims & hers
A telehealth and consumer wellness platform offering personalized care and products across sexual health, hair, mental health, dermatology, weight loss and primary care via digital consultations, prescriptions, and fulfillment.
Industry: HealthTech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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