Hinge Health · 9 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $288K/yr
8+ years expHinge Health is leveraging technology to enhance healthcare delivery, particularly for musculoskeletal conditions. They are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to join their Growth Engineering team, focusing on building scalable backend solutions and collaborating on frontend implementations as needed.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable, event-driven backend systems using Python, TypeScript, Apache Kafka, Postgres, DynamoDB, and AWS
Take ownership in leading architectural discussions, proactively identifying challenges and proposing innovative solutions to complex engineering problems
Develop clean, maintainable backend services and APIs, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and scalability
Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to define clear API contracts and, when needed, contribute to frontend implementation to ensure seamless end-to-end experiences
Ensure system observability using tools like Datadog and Sentry for monitoring, logging, and error tracking
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, senior engineers, and engineering leaders
Mentor junior engineers and promote a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
Champion best practices in software development, architecture, security, and system observability
Leverage AI tools to drive team-level efficiency, enhance code quality, and stay current with emerging trends in software engineering and system design
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical degree
8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building scalable backend systems and microservices
4+ years of experience building event-driven systems
4+ years of experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB) and cloud architecture
Strong experience with backend technologies (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Python, relational and non-relational databases, messaging/streaming systems)
Experience collaborating with or contributing to web or mobile frontends (e.g., understanding of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and at least one modern frontend framework such as React, Vue.js, or Angular)
Hands-on experience with generative AI tools to accelerate development workflows, improve code quality, and streamline debugging
Preferred
5+ years of experience in TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, Node.js, relational and non-relational databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Redis
Experience designing and evolving integration-heavy systems (e.g., with hospital systems, health plans, or other external partners)
Experience with mobile or web frontend development (e.g., React Native, React) sufficient to meaningfully collaborate on end-to-end feature delivery
Experience with observability tools such as Datadog (performance monitoring) and Sentry (error tracking)
Strong understanding of system design principles, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Help with gender-affirming care
Tools for family and fertility planning
Travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live
Traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match
Modern life stipends
Company
Hinge Health
Hinge Health is a digital clinic for joint, and muscle care, pelvic pain, bowel, and bladder control.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (32)
2024 (18)
2023 (9)
2022 (17)
2021 (13)
2020 (7)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.03BKey Investors
Coatue,Tiger Global ManagementAlkeon Capital,Whale Rock Capital ManagementBessemer Venture Partners
2025-05-22IPO
2021-10-28Series E· $400M
2021-10-28Secondary Market· $200M
Leadership Team
Daniel Perez
Co-Founder, CEO
Gabriel Mecklenburg
Co-founder, Executive Chairman
Recent News
2026-01-08
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