Remote Senior Frontend Architect & Technical Leader

Hims & Hers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & equity

Unlimited PTO

Comprehensive health benefits

ESPP

401k with matching

Offsite team retreats

Job summary

Hims & Hers is seeking a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to drive architectural innovation and set long-term technical direction for customer-facing frontend systems.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, align engineering with product and business outcomes, and raise the bar for code quality and scalability. Responsibilities include shaping architectural patterns, improving performance and accessibility, mentoring senior engineers, and enabling org-wide adoption of scalable frontend practices.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of group-level technical leadership.
• Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks and libraries (React, Next.js, GraphQL) with production-grade experience delivering high-performance web experiences at scale.
• Full-stack capability with backend proficiency in Node.js and Python, enabling end-to-end ownership of features and systems.
• Deep expertise in UI performance, web accessibility, and responsive design.
• Experience introducing and scaling shared frontend infrastructure, component libraries, or design systems across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions.
• Experience translating customer and product needs into reliable, maintainable, and high-impact technical solutions.
• A track record of driving meaningful improvements in developer experience, team velocity, and system sustainability.
• Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across a broad range of stakeholders.
• Comfortable navigating high ambiguity and enabling teams to execute effectively in evolving or uncertain environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing frontend systems in alignment with business strategy.
• Lead cross-org initiatives that address long-term scale, system boundaries, and foundational UI capabilities — from design systems to rendering architecture.
• Drive front-end excellence across engineering, ensuring fast, accessible, and visually polished experiences reflecting the Hims & Hers brand.
• Champion UI performance, accessibility, and responsiveness.
• Establish patterns and frameworks that ensure quality, resilience, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Serve as the authority on frontend design decisions and foster alignment across teams.
• Raise the bar for code quality and engineering standards, ensuring robust, testable, observable, maintainable, secure, and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and shared architectural patterns., tools, and infrastructure for engineering efficiency.
• Mentor senior technical leaders and engineers, elevating engineering capabilities across the organization.
• Lead cross-team initiatives from inception through execution, coordinating stakeholders, managing risk, and ensuring delivery on key metrics.
• Translate customer needs and product goals into scalable technical solutions and embed customer obsession into architecture.

Skills

Frontend React

Next.js

GraphQL

Node.js

Python

UI performance

Accessibility

Design systems

Architectural leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Mentorship

Communication

Tools

React

Next.js

GraphQL

Node.js

Python

Design Systems

Job description

Hims & Hers is seeking a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to drive architectural innovation and set long-term technical direction for customer-facing frontend systems.

You will lead cross-functional efforts, align engineering with product and business outcomes, and raise the bar for code quality and scalability. Responsibilities include shaping architectural patterns, improving performance and accessibility, mentoring senior engineers, and enabling org-wide adoption of scalable frontend practices.