Hinge Health · 4 days ago
Engineering Manager - Brain Health, AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$220K/yr - $330K/yr
5+ years expHinge Health is a company focused on automating care for joint and muscle health through innovative software solutions, including AI. As the Engineering Manager for the Brain Health Platform, you will lead a team in developing AI systems for mental wellness, ensuring personalized therapeutic interventions and educational content delivery to enhance member outcomes.
Health CareMedicalTherapeutics
Responsibilities
Build next-generation therapeutic AI agents that deliver personalized CBT and PIPT interventions, ensuring clinical efficacy while maintaining engaging, empathetic user experiences
Architect and scale a unified education platform that intelligently serves mental health content, tracks learning progress, and personalizes educational pathways based on member needs and therapeutic goals
Develop the technical strategy for brain health initiatives with your product management partner and clinical stakeholders, ensuring alignment between technological capabilities and therapeutic best practices
Design robust AI architectures for conversational therapy bots that maintain context over multiple sessions, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and adapt therapeutic approaches based on member progress
Establish MLOps practices specific to mental health AI applications, including model monitoring for therapeutic effectiveness, safety guardrails, and compliance with mental health care standards
Drive innovation in natural language processing and affective computing to enhance the therapeutic alliance between AI agents and members
Collaborate with clinical teams to validate AI interventions against evidence-based therapeutic protocols and measure clinical outcomes
Build cross-functional partnerships with content creators, clinical psychologists, and data scientists to create a comprehensive brain health ecosystem
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
5+ years of experience managing teams of 5+ technologists (mix of engineers and ML researchers/scientists)
5+ years of experience building and deploying ML/NLP solutions at scale (thousands to millions of DAU)
Experience with conversational AI, dialogue systems, or chatbot development
Preferred
Master's degree or higher in Machine Learning, Computational Psychology, or a related field
3+ years of experience developing conversational or agentic AI systems using LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, LLaMA), including techniques such as prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, or reinforcement learning
Proven understanding of responsible AI and ethical model design, particularly within healthcare or sensitive data environments
Experience building or deploying digital mental health or therapeutic AI applications, with familiarity in CBT, DBT, or other evidence-based modalities
Working knowledge of mental health privacy regulations (HIPAA, state-specific laws) and secure data practices
Proficiency in modern development and ML infrastructure (Python, TypeScript, Node.js/NestJS, vector databases, LangChain, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS services like Bedrock/SageMaker, 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
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2024 (18)
2023 (9)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.03BKey Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersInsight PartnersAtomico
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
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