Director, Engineering - Commerce

hims & hers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Hims Hers is seeking a Director of Engineering for Commerce to lead the end-to-end platform powering catalog, pricing, promotions, payments and checkout. You will own the technical vision, align with product and design, and drive high-throughput, reliable systems for millions of customers.

You will build and mentor teams, champion an AI-first, spec-driven development approach, and shape multi-year architecture and organizational strategy to scale as the business grows.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and inspire engineers, driving innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the single engineering DRI for Commerce, owning vision, strategy, and execution across catalog and checkout.
• Drive the next-gen commerce platform, transitioning to a rich, durable catalog domain model.
• Define and deliver the engineering roadmap with product & design—balancing innovation, reliability, scalability, quality.
• Champion clear domain boundaries and contracts; move to API-driven integration with published events.
• Lead the team's transition to an AI-first engineering culture and spec-driven development.
• Scale architecture and systems.

Job description

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:

Hims Hers is on a mission to empower people to live healthier lives. Commerce is the engine that turns that mission into a seamless buying and subscription experience — the systems that power how customers discover products, see the right price, redeem promotions, pay, and check out across our platform. As we scale to serve millions of members, the reliability, flexibility, and intelligence of these systems directly shape revenue, conversion, and customer trust.

As Director of Engineering for Commerce, you will be the single engineering DRI for the end-to-end commerce platform spanning catalog, pricing, promotions, payments, and checkout. You'll lead the teams and managers building the foundational systems that every customer transaction depends on, owning the technical vision, architecture, and delivery for a complex, high-throughput domain where correctness and uptime are non-negotiable. You'll partner closely with product, design, data, finance, Pharmacy, Care, and operations leaders to deliver a fast, trustworthy, conversion-optimized commerce experience, and you'll set the multi-year technical and organizational strategy that lets this platform scale.

You Will:

• Lead, coach, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Serve as the single engineering DRI for Commerce owning technical vision, strategy, and execution across catalog, pricing, promotions, payments, and checkout.
• Drive the vision and execution of the next-generation commerce platform leading the shift to a rich, durable catalog domain model
• Define and deliver the engineering roadmap in partnership with product and design — balancing innovation, reliability, scalability, and quality across the commerce domain.
• Champion clear domain boundaries and enforced contracts — moving the organization off direct cross-domain database access and toward integration through APIs and published events.
• Lead the team's transition to an AI-first engineering culture and spec-driven development
• Scale architecture and system