Sr. Staff Engineer (Backend)

The role

This individual will lead architectural innovation and strategic technical direction at an organizational level. They will shape the long-term technical landscape and align engineering efforts with product and business outcomes.

What you will do

• Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing systems.
• Lead cross-org initiatives for long-term scale and foundational capabilities.
• Establish patterns and frameworks for quality, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Serve as the authority on design decisions.
• Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction.
• Drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, tools, and development norms.
• Mentor senior technical leaders.
• Remove organizational blockers and accelerate delivery of strategic initiatives.
• Translate customer needs and product goals into scalable technical solutions.
• Design systems and team boundaries to support sustainable growth.

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong record of group-level technical leadership
• Experience with technologies such as Kotlin, Java or Go
• Deep understanding of system design for scale and performance
• Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams
• Proficiency with CI/CD workflows (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub)
• Proficiency with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proficiency with observability tools (e.g., Datadog)
• Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions
• Experience translating customer and clinical needs into reliable, maintainable, and high-impact technical solutions
• A track record of driving meaningful improvements in developer experience, team velocity, and system sustainability

Benefits

• Competitive salary & equity compensation
• Unlimited PTO
• Company holidays
• Quarterly mental health days
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision
• Parental leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
• Offsite team retreats

About the company

Hims & Hers is a health and wellness platform that provides access to personalized care. It is a public company traded on the NYSE.