Staff Software Engineer, Growth
About The Position
Join the team transforming how millions of people access musculoskeletal care by building the engine that powers our growth. As a Staff Software Engineer on the Growth Engineering team, you will not just build features; you will architect the scalable, event-driven backend systems that integrate Hinge Health with major hospital systems and health plans. You will be a technical leader in a cloud-native environment, solving complex integration challenges to expand our ecosystem and deliver life-changing treatments to members worldwide. In your first 3 months: You will dive into our backend stack (Python, TypeScript, AWS) and audit our current integration architecture. You will build high-trust relationships with product managers and frontend partners, and ship your first set of secure, scalable features to support new growth initiatives. In your first 6 months: You will take ownership of leading architectural discussions for complex, integration-heavy systems. You will design and implement end-to-end solutions using Apache Kafka and DynamoDB, mentor junior engineers to raise the technical bar, and champion improvements in system observability using Datadog and Sentry. In your first 12 months: You will act as a primary owner for the long-term technical strategy of our growth platform. You will have optimized our backend services for massive scale, established durable architectural patterns that multiply the team's velocity, and played a pivotal role in delivering foundational improvements that help us reach 20+ million lives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical degree.
- 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building scalable backend systems and microservices.
- 4+ years of experience building event-driven systems.
- 4+ years of experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB) and cloud architecture.
- Strong experience with backend technologies (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Python, relational and non-relational databases, messaging/streaming systems).
- Collaboration skills: Experience collaborating with or contributing to web or mobile frontends (understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React, Vue.js, or Angular).
- AI-Native: Hands-on experience with generative AI tools to accelerate development workflows, improve code quality, and streamline debugging.
Nice To Haves
- 5+ years of experience in TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, Node.js, relational and non-relational databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Redis.
- Integration Expert: Experience designing and evolving integration-heavy systems (e.g., with hospital systems, health plans, or other external partners).
- Frontend Fluency: Experience with mobile or web frontend development (e.g., React Native, React) sufficient to meaningfully collaborate on end-to-end feature delivery.
- Observability Champion: Experience with tools such as Datadog (performance monitoring) and Sentry (error tracking).
- System Design: Strong understanding of system design principles, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Architect the scalable, event-driven backend systems that integrate Hinge Health with major hospital systems and health plans.
- Lead architectural discussions for complex, integration-heavy systems.
- Design and implement end-to-end solutions using Apache Kafka and DynamoDB.
- Mentor junior engineers to raise the technical bar.
- Champion improvements in system observability using Datadog and Sentry.
- Act as a primary owner for the long-term technical strategy of our growth platform.
- Optimize backend services for massive scale.
- Establish durable architectural patterns that multiply the team's velocity.
- Play a pivotal role in delivering foundational improvements that help us reach 20+ million lives.
Benefits
- Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live.
- Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.
- Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
