Staff Software Engineer, Growth

Staff Software Engineer · Staff · Full Time · Remote

US Remote · RemoteUSD 200k – 240k2mo ago
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Role

What you'll do.

Hims & Hers is seeking a highly skilled Staff Software Engineer for their Growth Engineering team to drive technical strategy and implementation of growth initiatives. The role requires a full-stack engineer with a strong frontend focus who can lead complex projects, mentor talent, and enhance user acquisition and experience across the company's digital health platform.

Responsibilities

  • Frontend Excellence: Drive front-end development strategy, ensuring fast, accessible, and visually polished user experiences
  • Performance Leadership: Champion UI performance standards and collaborate to achieve top-tier performance metrics
  • Cross-Team Initiatives: Lead and coordinate complex engineering projects across multiple teams
  • Technical Mentorship: Mentor senior engineers and foster a culture of innovation and collaboration
  • Architectural Design: Lead architectural design for scalable systems spanning multiple teams
  • Engineering Standards: Raise code quality standards and promote robust, maintainable, and secure solutions

Qualifications

What we look for.

Technical

  • Frontend Development

    Deep expertise in modern web technologies and performance optimization

  • System Architecture

    Ability to design scalable, maintainable, and resilient software systems

  • Performance Metrics

    Experience with web performance standards like LCP, CLS, and interactivity

Education

  • Computer Science

    Bachelor's or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

  • Advanced Certifications

    Additional certifications in software architecture or advanced engineering practices

Experience

  • Software Engineering

    12+ years of professional software engineering experience with production code deployment

  • Technical Leadership

    Proven track record of leading complex cross-team engineering initiatives

Skills

Required

  • React

    Proficiency in modern frontend framework

  • Next.js

    Frontend framework expertise

  • GraphQL

    Advanced API querying capabilities

  • Node.js

    Backend development skills

  • Python

    Backend programming language proficiency

  • System Architecture

    Ability to design scalable and resilient system architectures

Preferred

  • Performance Optimization

    Nice to have

    Experience with web performance metrics and optimization

  • Cross-functional Leadership

    Nice to have

    Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives across teams

  • Technical Mentorship

    Nice to have

    Experience in guiding and developing senior engineering talent

Tech stack

Languages

JavaScriptTypeScriptPython

Frameworks

ReactNext.jsNode.js

Databases

PostgreSQLMongoDB

Tools

GraphQLDockerKubernetes

Other

CI/CDObservability

Compensation

Pay and benefits.

Base·USD 200,000 – 240,000

Equity·Stock options

Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation

    Competitive salary with equity compensation

  • Flexible PTO

    Unlimited PTO with company holidays and quarterly mental health days

  • Health Benefits

    Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with parental leave

  • Stock Options

    Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

  • Retirement Planning

    401k with employer matching contribution

  • Team Building

    Offsite team retreats

Process

Interview steps.

  1. 01

    Initial Screening

    Phone or video call with recruiting team to assess basic qualifications

  2. 02

    Technical Interview

    Detailed technical assessment of system design and coding skills

  3. 03

    Leadership Interview

    Discussion of leadership experience, cross-team collaboration, and technical vision

  4. 04

    System Design Challenge

    In-depth architectural design and problem-solving exercise

  5. 05

    Final Executive Interview

    Discussion with senior technical leadership about strategic alignment

Full posting

Original listing.

Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We are redefining healthcare by putting the customer first and delivering access to care that is affordable, accessible, and personal, from diagnosis to treatment to delivery. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. By normalizing health & wellness challenges and innovating on their solutions, we’re making better health outcomes easier to achieve. 

Hims & Hers is a public company, traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HIMS.” To learn more about the brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com/about and hims.com/how-it-works . For information on the company’s outstanding benefits, culture, and its talent-first flexible/remote work approach, see below and visit www.hims.com/careers-professionals.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Staff Software Engineer to join our Growth Engineering team. This full-stack role, with an emphasis on frontend development, will be crucial in driving the technical strategy and implementation of growth initiatives across our customer platform. You will lead complex engineering projects, mentor engineering talent, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions that enhance user acquisition, retention, and overall customer experience.

You Will:

  • Drive front-end excellence across Growth Engineering, ensuring the creation of fast, accessible, and visually polished experiences that reflect the Hims & Hers brand and delight users at every interaction.

  • Champion UI performance, accessibility, and responsiveness, setting measurable standards (e.g., LCP, CLS, interactivity) and collaborating with teams to achieve top-tier metrics that directly improve conversion and engagement.

  • Lead cross-team initiatives from inception through execution, coordinating stakeholders, managing risk, and ensuring delivery on key success metrics.

  • Serve as the accountable technical leader for key systems or domains, taking ownership of both system outcomes and long-term evolution.

  • Model principled decision-making, balancing short-term delivery with long-term system health and organizational scale.

  • Champion cross-functional alignment, ensuring technical direction is tightly integrated with product strategy and roadmap priorities.

  • Lead architectural design and evolution for systems that span multiple teams, aligning abstractions with long-term scalability and business goals.

  • Raise the bar for code quality and engineering standards, ensuring that all solutions are robust, testable, observable, maintainable, secure, and scalable.

  • Create and promote shared architectural patterns, tools, and infrastructure that improve engineering efficiency and velocity across teams.

  • Participate in product discovery sessions to assess feasibility, explore user needs, define product features, and validate ideas with prototypes and experiments.

  • Proactively identify systemic risks and lead the design and implementation of resilient, observable, and scalable solutions.

  • Mentor senior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

  • Drive technical discussions and provide insights as a member of our technical advisory group to help guide and provide feedback on critical decisions and provide insights to shape the growth engineering strategy and roadmap.

  • Drive a mindset of operational excellence through continuous improvement and learning.

  • Analyze performance metrics and user feedback to inform technical direction and product enhancements, ensuring a seamless user experience.

  • Stay on top of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously improve our engineering processes and product offerings.

You Have:

  • 12+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code.

  • Proven track record of leading complex projects and driving successful cross-team initiatives.

  • Deep architectural expertise in designing scalable, resilient, and maintainable systems in a modern software environment.

  • Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React, Next, GraphQL) and libraries, as well as backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, Python).

  • Expertise in operational excellence, including observability, incident response, reliability engineering, and risk mitigation.

  • Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically in a fast-paced environment.

  • Skilled in aligning engineering efforts with product and business goals, and influencing roadmap priorities with long-term scalability in mind.

  • Comfortable navigating high ambiguity and enabling teams to execute effectively in evolving or uncertain environments.

  • Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders.

  • Proven track record of influencing and impacting without authority across teams and the company.

  • Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight.

  • Experience introducing new architecture and design concepts, including coaching, adoption, and execution within your domain and aligned with tech organization strategies

Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):

  • Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles

  • Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave

  • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

  • 401k benefits with employer matching contribution

  • Offsite team retreats

We are committed to building a workforce that reflects diverse perspectives and prioritizes ethics, wellness, and a strong sense of belonging. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you're not sure if your background or experience is a perfect match.

Hims considers all qualified applicants for employment, including applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and any similar state or local fair chance laws.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Hims & Hers is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected] and describe the needed accommodation. Your privacy is important to us, and any information you share will only be used for the legitimate purpose of considering your request for accommodation. Hims & Hers gives consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to any protected status, including disability. Please do not send resumes to this email address.

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