Senior Backend Architect - Remote (Scale & Strategy)

hims & hers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hims Hers is seeking a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to shape long-term architectural strategy and drive technical direction across the organization.

The role focuses on defining scalable platforms, governance, and collaboration with product teams to align engineering with business outcomes. You will mentor senior engineers, enable cross-functional execution at scale, and lead initiatives that reduce complexity while delivering customer-centric solutions.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience leading architectural strategy across multiple teams.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and mentorship skills.
• Track record delivering scalable systems and reliable platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architectural vision for customer-facing systems aligned with business goals.
• Establish patterns and governance to ensure quality, resilience, and reliability across the org.
• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to drive scalable practices and development norms.
• Mentor senior technical leaders and foster a culture of continuous learning and rigor.
• Navigate ambiguity, remove blockers, and accelerate delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions embedded in the platform architecture.
• Invest early in observability, migrations, and reliability to support sustainable growth.

Skills

Architectural vision

Technical leadership

Org-wide enablement

Mentorship

Ambiguity navigation

Customer-centric engineering

Sustainability scalability

Job description

Hims Hers is seeking a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to shape long-term architectural strategy and drive technical direction across the organization.

The role focuses on defining scalable platforms, governance, and collaboration with product teams to align engineering with business outcomes. You will mentor senior engineers, enable cross-functional execution at scale, and lead initiatives that reduce complexity while delivering customer-centric solutions.