Hinge Health · 8 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer - Brain Health, AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$194K/yr - $290K/yr
8+ years expHinge Health is a digital health company focused on providing innovative solutions for musculoskeletal pain. The Staff Engineer for the Brain Health team will lead the development of AI-powered mental wellness solutions, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance therapeutic interventions and educational content delivery.
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Responsibilities
Build and iterate on next-generation therapeutic AI agents that deliver personalized CBT and PIPT interventions with clinically sound, empathetic user experiences
Architect and scale a unified brain health education platform that personalizes content delivery, tracks progress, and adapts to therapeutic goals
Define and guide the technical strategy for brain health initiatives in partnership with product, clinical, and engineering leadership
Design scalable AI architectures for multi-session conversational therapy agents that maintain context, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and adjust interventions based on member progress
Establish and evolve MLOps practices tailored to mental health AI, including model evaluation, therapeutic effectiveness monitoring, and safety guardrails
Collaborate with clinical experts to ensure AI interventions align with evidence-based therapeutic protocols and drive measurable clinical outcomes
Build strong cross-functional partnerships across content, clinical psychology, data science, and platform teams to deliver a cohesive brain health ecosystem
Optimize system performance and maintain fault-tolerant, scalable infrastructure capable of supporting high-growth AI workloads, while continuously evaluating emerging technologies to improve the platform
Qualification
Required
8+ years of non-internship full time professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years working on AI platforms, machine learning systems, or data infrastructure
2+ years of experience in Python (for AI-related work) and Typescript-NestJS (for cloud microservice work)
2+ years of experience with cloud platforms and containerization tools
2+ years of experience working in distributed systems, microservices architectures, and large-scale data processing
2+ years of experience in mentoring and leading junior team members, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, and contributing to project planning and decision-making
Preferred
Experience building and maintaining end-to-end AI/ML platforms or services in a cloud environment
Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Familiarity with data engineering practices and tools (e.g., Spark, Kafka, ETL pipelines)
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate across teams and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Contributions to open-source AI or software engineering projects
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
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
2026-01-08
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