Sr. Staff Engineer (Fullstack/Backend)

hims-and-hers; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Unlimited PTO

Remote-friendly

Medical/Dental/Vision

Parental leave

401(k) match

Offsite team retreats

Job summary

hims and hers is seeking a Sr. Staff Engineer to set the architectural direction for customer-facing platforms at organizational scale.

The role blends strategic leadership with hands-on influence over engineering practices, mentorship, and outcomes aligned with product and clinical goals. You will define long-term architectural vision, establish patterns, and drive governance across multiple teams while embedding customer needs into reliable, observable platforms.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering with group-level leadership.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin, Java, or Go and scalable system design.
• Experience scaling shared infrastructure across teams.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling and cloud infra.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the long-term architectural vision for customer-facing platforms at scale.
• Establish patterns and governance to drive quality, resilience, and efficiency across teams.
• Partner with leadership to align architecture with strategic goals and enable org-wide adoption.
• Mentor senior technical leaders and improve developer experience and engineering rigor.
• Lead through ambiguity by clarifying ownership and accelerating strategic initiatives.
• Embed customer and clinical needs into platform design with observability and reliability.

Skills

Kotlin

Java

Go

System design

CI/CD

Cloud infrastructure

Observability

Mentorship

Technical leadership

Tools

CircleCI

GitHub

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Datadog

Job description

Role overview

A customer-focused health and wellness platform is hiring a Sr. Staff Engineer to set architectural direction for customer-facing systems at organisational scale. The role blends strategic technical leadership with hands-on influence over engineering practices, mentorship, and execution against product and clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the long-term architectural vision for customer-facing platforms, including system boundaries, scale strategy, and foundational capabilities.
• Establish patterns, frameworks, and governance that drive quality, resilience, and operational excellence across multiple teams.
• Partner with engineering and product leadership to align architecture with strategic goals and accelerate org-wide adoption of scalable practices.
• Mentor senior technical leaders and champion initiatives that improve developer experience, engineering rigor, and talent density.
• Lead through ambiguity by clarifying ownership, removing cross-team blockers, and accelerating delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Embed customer and clinical needs into platform design, prioritising observability, reliability, and sustainability from the outset.

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of group-level technical leadership.
• Deep expertise in Kotlin, Java, or Go and strong system design skills for scale and performance.
• Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tooling (e.g. CircleCI, GitHub), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and observability platforms (e.g. Datadog).
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions.
• Proven success translating customer and clinical needs into reliable, maintainable, high-impact solutions.

Nice to have

• Background improving developer experience, team velocity, and system sustainability at the platform level.

Benefits and work setup

• Competitive salary plus equity compensation for full-time roles.
• Unlimited paid time off, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus parental leave.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program and 401k with employer match.
• Offsite team retreats and a talent-first flexible/remote working approach.