Senior Platform Architect: Scale, Strategy, Impact

Hims, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and equity

Unlimited PTO and mental health days

Comprehensive health benefits

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

401k with employer matching

Offsite team retreats

Job summary

Hims, Inc. is seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to lead architectural innovation across teams, shaping long-term technical direction and enabling scalable, customer-focused backend systems.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive governance and standards, and partner with product leadership to translate strategy into reliable, high-impact solutions that support growth and a superior customer experience.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep architectural expertise and a record of delivering production backend systems at scale.
• Proven track record influencing technical strategy and delivering cross-org technical initiatives at the group or organizational level.
• Experience with backend technologies such as Kotlin, Java, or Go, with a deep understanding of system design for scale and performance.
• Full-stack capability with frontend proficiency in modern frameworks and libraries (React, Next, GraphQL).
• Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with CI/CD workflows (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tools (e.g., Datadog).
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions.
• Experience translating customer and clinical 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 collaboration skills with a demonstrated ability to influence across functions.
• Experience coaching and growing senior engineering talent, and shaping hiring and development practices.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing systems in alignment with business strategy.
• Lead cross-org initiatives that address long-term scale, system boundaries, and foundational capabilities.
• Establish patterns and frameworks that ensure quality, resilience, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and ensure our architecture supports strategic goals.
• Drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, tools, and development norms.
• Mentor senior technical leaders, elevating engineering capabilities across the organization.
• Lead through complexity and ambiguity, clarifying direction where ownership is unclear.

Skills

15+ years software engineering

Architectural leadership

Backend Kotlin/Java/Go

Frontend React/Next/GraphQL

Cloud AWS Docker Kubernetes

CI/CD CircleCI GitHub

Observability Datadog

People leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic technical alignment

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

CircleCI

GitHub

AWS

Job description

Hims, Inc. is seeking a visionary Principal Engineer to lead architectural innovation across teams, shaping long-term technical direction and enabling scalable, customer-focused backend systems.

You will mentor senior engineers, drive governance and standards, and partner with product leadership to translate strategy into reliable, high-impact solutions that support growth and a superior customer experience.