Senior Backend Architect: Strategy, Scale & Impact

Terminal; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Hims seeks a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to lead architectural innovation and strategic technical direction at scale. You will guide customer-facing systems, align engineering with product goals, and enable cross-functional execution to deliver high-impact technology.

You will shape patterns, governance, and collaboration across teams while mentoring engineers and driving sustainable, customer-centric solutions for measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience with Kotlin, Java or Go and system design for scale.
• Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with CI/CD workflows, cloud infrastructure, and observability tools.
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic alignment across functions.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing systems in alignment with business strategy.
• Lead cross-org initiatives addressing long-term scale, system boundaries, and foundational capabilities.
• Establish patterns and frameworks to ensure quality, resilience, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and ensure architecture supports goals.
• Mentor senior technical leaders, elevating engineering capabilities and fostering a culture of learning.
• Translate customer needs into scalable technical solutions and drive delivery of strategic initiatives.

Skills

Go

Java

Kotlin

Tools

CircleCI

GitHub

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Job description

Hims seeks a visionary Sr. Staff Engineer to lead architectural innovation and strategic technical direction at scale. You will guide customer-facing systems, align engineering with product goals, and enable cross-functional execution to deliver high-impact technology.

You will shape patterns, governance, and collaboration across teams while mentoring engineers and driving sustainable, customer-centric solutions for measurable outcomes.