Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend)
Hims & Hers3 months ago
Base Salary
$240k - $280k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing systems in alignment with business strategy.
- Lead cross-organization initiatives involving long-term scale, system boundaries, and foundational capabilities.
- Establish engineering patterns and frameworks for quality, resilience, and operational excellence.
- Serve as an authority on design decisions and drive alignment across teams.
- Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and strategic technical execution.
- Drive organization-wide adoption of scalable practices, tools, and development norms.
- Mentor senior technical leaders and elevate engineering capabilities across the organization.
- Remove organizational blockers, simplify decision-making, and accelerate strategic initiatives.
- Translate customer needs and product goals into scalable technical solutions.
- Drive early investment in observability, migrations, reliability, and other non-functional priorities.
Requirements
- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong record of group-level technical leadership.
- Experience with Kotlin, Java, or Go and deep understanding of system design for scale and performance.
- Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams.
- Proficiency with CI/CD workflows, cloud infrastructure, and observability tools.
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions.
- Experience translating customer and clinical needs into reliable, maintainable, high-impact technical solutions.
- Track record of improving developer experience, team velocity, and system sustainability.
- Ability to lead through ambiguity, balance short-term delivery with long-term scalability, and mentor senior engineering talent.
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days.
- Medical, dental, vision, and parental leave benefits.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- 401k benefits with employer matching contribution.
- Offsite team retreats.
- Flexible/remote work approach is referenced.
About Hims & Hers
Hims & Hers operates a direct-to-consumer telehealth and pharmacy platform for men’s and women’s health, offering online visits, prescriptions, and over‑the‑counter products for conditions like hair loss, sexual health, dermatology, and mental health. It monetizes through subscriptions and product sales, with nationwide shipping and affiliated providers and pharmacies. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company went public on the NYSE under the ticker HIMS in 2021.