Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack

$176,000 - $264,000/Yr

Hinge Health - San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

Remote - San Francisco, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack at Hinge Health is a pivotal role focused on building scalable, high-impact solutions that integrate with the healthcare ecosystem. This position involves designing and implementing end-to-end solutions, maintaining high standards in code quality, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative features. The role emphasizes a continuous deployment DevOps culture and requires a strong background in both front-end and back-end technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable systems leveraging Kafka, Python, TypeScript, Postgres, DynamoDB, and AWS.
• Lead and participate in architectural discussions, proposing innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges.
• Implement and optimize event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Develop backend services and APIs using Python and TypeScript, ensuring clean, maintainable, and scalable code.
• Manage and scale databases to support high-availability and large-scale data applications.
• Work with cloud-based infrastructure on AWS, ensuring reliability, scalability, and performance optimizations.
• Ensure observability of systems using tools like Datadog, Sumo Logic, and Sentry for real-time monitoring, log management, and error tracking.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, staff and senior staff engineers, and engineering leaders.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning.
• Advocate for best practices in software development, architecture, security, and system observability.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building scalable microservices.
• 4+ years of experience building event-driven systems.
• 4+ years of experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS) and cloud architecture.
• Experience with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Vue.js, or Angular).

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical degree.
• 5+ years of experience in TypeScript, Nestjs, GraphQL, Node.js, relational and non-relational databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Redis.
• Experience with mobile development (React Native).
• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to lead large-scale projects from concept to delivery.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams and mentor others.
• Strong understanding of system design principles, microservices architecture, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with observability tools such as Datadog, Sumo Logic, and Sentry.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Help with gender-affirming care and tools for family and fertility planning.
• Travel reimbursements for healthcare not available locally.
• Traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options with a 2% company match.
• Modern life stipends for learning and development.