Hims & Hers

Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend)

Hims & Hers2 weeks ago
Location

US Remote

Workplace

Remote

Type

Full Time

Salary

USD 240,000 – 280,000

Level

Staff

Role

Backend Engineer

Posted

Jul 10, 2026

Full TimeRemoteStaff

The role

Summary

Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend) at Hims & Hers, a leading digital health platform, leads architectural innovation and strategic technical direction for customer-facing systems at organizational scale. This role requires 12+ years of software engineering experience with demonstrated group-level technical leadership, expertise in scalable backend technologies (Kotlin, Java, Go), and a proven track record of designing systems that balance short-term delivery with long-term sustainability while advancing the company's mission to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.

What you'll do

Define Architectural Vision & Strategic Direction: Establish and evolve the long-term architectural vision for customer-facing backend systems aligned with business strategy. Lead cross-organizational technical initiatives that address scalability requirements, system boundaries, foundational capabilities, and technology selection to support Hims & Hers' mission of accessible healthcare delivery.
Establish Technical Governance & Quality Standards: Create and codify architectural patterns, design frameworks, and coding standards that ensure quality, reliability, and operational excellence across engineering organizations. Serve as the technical authority on design decisions, conduct architectural reviews, and foster alignment on best practices across teams.
Drive Organization-Wide Enablement: Collaborate with engineering leadership, product teams, and business stakeholders to shape product direction while ensuring architecture supports strategic goals. Drive organization-wide adoption of scalable practices, modern tooling, development norms, and infrastructure capabilities that increase team velocity and system reliability.
Mentor Senior Technical Leaders: Actively mentor engineering leaders, staff engineers, and senior engineers to elevate technical capabilities across the organization. Champion initiatives that foster talent density, engineering rigor, technical excellence, and a culture of continuous learning, feedback, and professional growth.
Navigate Ambiguity & Accelerate Execution: Lead strategic initiatives through complexity and organizational ambiguity by clarifying technical direction where ownership is unclear. Remove cross-team blockers, simplify decision-making processes, and accelerate delivery of critical initiatives that advance company objectives.
Translate Customer Needs into Technical Solutions: Work closely with product and clinical teams to understand customer needs and healthcare requirements. Define architectural principles and design patterns that embed customer obsession and clinical safety into the platform's architecture and operations.
Design for Sustainability & Scalability: Lead design of systems and team structures that support sustainable growth as Hims & Hers scales. Prioritize investment in non-functional requirements including observability, system reliability, database performance, infrastructure migrations, and developer experience alongside feature delivery.
Lead Infrastructure & Platform Initiatives: Introduce, scale, and maintain shared infrastructure, frameworks, libraries, and internal tools that empower teams to build faster and more reliably. Measure and communicate impact of platform investments on team velocity, system reliability, and engineering satisfaction.

What we look for

Technical

System Design at Scale12+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in designing systems that scale to millions of users, handle high concurrency, and maintain reliability under load.
Backend ArchitectureProduction experience with Kotlin, Java, or Go in building backend services, microservices, or distributed systems. Deep understanding of performance optimization, concurrency models, and systems programming concepts.
Infrastructure & Cloud PlatformsHands-on experience with AWS services, containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code tools. Proficiency designing infrastructure for reliability, security, and cost optimization.
Observability & Monitoring StackPractical experience implementing monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions using tools like Datadog, Prometheus, ELK stack, or similar. Ability to design systems with comprehensive observability from inception.
CI/CD Pipelines & AutomationExperience designing and implementing continuous integration and deployment workflows using CircleCI, GitHub, or similar platforms. Familiarity with automated testing, security scanning, and deployment orchestration.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Related FieldStrong foundation in computer science fundamentals including data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and networks. Equivalent professional experience may substitute for formal degree requirement.

Experience

Group-Level Technical LeadershipDemonstrated ability to lead technical initiatives impacting multiple teams or organizational units. Track record of setting technical direction, establishing architectural standards, and aligning cross-functional efforts.
Scaling Shared Infrastructure & FrameworksExperience introducing, evolving, and scaling shared infrastructure, libraries, or frameworks across multiple engineering teams. Evidence of driving adoption and demonstrating impact on team velocity and system reliability.
Architectural Clarity & Decision MakingProven ability to define architectural vision, drive design reviews, and make principled technical tradeoffs between short-term velocity and long-term sustainability. Track record of communicating complex architecture to diverse audiences.
Customer & Domain TranslationExperience translating customer needs, product requirements, or domain-specific constraints (such as clinical or compliance needs) into scalable, maintainable technical solutions that drive business impact.
Mentorship & Talent DevelopmentTrack record of mentoring senior technical leaders, fostering engineering culture, driving adoption of best practices, and building high-performing technical teams committed to excellence.
Organizational Problem SolvingDemonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, identify cross-organizational blockers, and drive resolution through technical leadership. Evidence of removing impediments and accelerating strategic initiatives.

Skills

Required skills

Architectural Design & System DesignExpert-level ability to define architectural vision for customer-facing systems, establish design patterns and frameworks that ensure quality and resilience at scale, and lead cross-organizational technical initiatives addressing long-term scalability and foundational capabilities.
Backend Programming LanguagesDeep proficiency in one or more of Kotlin, Java, or Go with demonstrated expertise in building performant, maintainable backend systems at scale and understanding of language-specific optimization techniques.
Distributed Systems & ScalabilityStrong expertise in designing distributed systems that support sustainable growth, understanding of system boundaries, load balancing, horizontal scaling, and architectural patterns for handling high-traffic environments.
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOpsComprehensive experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure-as-code practices. Proficiency establishing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, and libraries across multiple teams.
CI/CD & Development WorkflowsAdvanced knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices using tools like CircleCI, GitHub Actions, and modern development workflow orchestration for large-scale organizations.
Observability & MonitoringExpertise with observability platforms such as Datadog, including distributed tracing, metrics collection, log aggregation, and designing systems with observability as a first-class concern from architecture phase.
Technical Leadership & MentorshipDemonstrated ability to lead at organizational level, mentor senior technical leaders, drive architectural alignment across functions, and foster culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
Cross-Functional CollaborationProven experience collaborating with product, engineering, and business leadership to translate customer needs and clinical requirements into scalable, reliable technical solutions that support strategic business outcomes.

Nice to have

Healthcare & FinTech Domain ExperienceBackground working on regulated or complex domains such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, financial services, or other industries requiring clinical/compliance considerations and high reliability standards.
Developer Experience OptimizationTrack record of driving meaningful improvements in developer experience, tooling adoption, team velocity, and engineering culture through thoughtful infrastructure and process design.
Organizational ScalingExperience scaling engineering organizations, designing team structures aligned with system architecture, and implementing governance frameworks that maintain quality and alignment during hypergrowth.
Incident Management & ResilienceExperience designing systems with reliability, fault tolerance, and graceful degradation in mind. Background managing critical incidents and driving post-incident learning processes.
API Design & MicroservicesExpertise in RESTful API design, gRPC, event-driven architectures, and microservices patterns. Experience managing service boundaries and inter-service communication at scale.
Database Architecture & OptimizationDeep knowledge of relational and NoSQL database design, query optimization, sharding strategies, and data modeling for performance and scalability in complex systems.

Compensation & benefits

Salary

USD 240,000 – 280,000 (annual)

Stock options

Available

Benefits

Competitive Salary & Equity Compensation

Comprehensive total compensation package including base salary competitive with market rates for Staff-level engineers at public technology companies, supplemented by meaningful equity in the company.

Unlimited Paid Time Off & Mental Health Support

Flexible paid time off policy with no annual limit, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days reflecting Hims & Hers' commitment to employee wellness and work-life balance.

Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits

Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and families. Parental leave support including birthing parent leave, adoption support, and flexible return-to-work arrangements.

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount, directly participating in the company's success as a publicly traded company on the NYSE.

401(k) Retirement Benefits

Tax-advantaged retirement savings plan with employer matching contributions, supporting long-term financial security and retirement planning.

Team Offsite Retreats & Culture

Regular team-building retreats and company-wide events fostering connection, collaboration, and celebration of team achievements in a distributed work environment.

Flexible & Remote Work

Talent-first flexible and remote work approach enabling engineering leaders to work from locations that maximize productivity and personal fulfillment while maintaining strong team collaboration.

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Hims & Hers

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Hims & Hers is a digital health company that provides affordable and convenient healthcare services to patients through a direct-to-consumer online platform. The company offers prescription medications, treatments, and consultations with licensed healthcare providers for a wide range of common conditions including erectile dysfunction, hair loss, and skincare concerns. Hims & Hers operates in the telehealth and e-commerce pharmacy market, making healthcare more accessible by eliminating traditional barriers like lengthy doctor visits and expensive in-person consultations. The company is on a mission to make healthcare more affordable, accessible, and transparent for everyday people.

San Francisco, USAFounded 2017hims.com

Tech Stack

Languages
KotlinJavaGo
Frameworks
Spring BootgRPC
Databases
PostgreSQLMySQLRedis
Tools
CircleCIGitHubAWSDockerKubernetesDatadog
Other
Microservices ArchitectureEvent-Driven ArchitectureAPI-First DesignInfrastructure as CodeObservability & Monitoring
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