Staff Software Engineer, Brain Health, AI

San Francisco-HQ, Remote. Posted 6 months ago

The role

You will lead the architecture and development of agentic AI systems for personalized pain reprocessing therapy and mindfulness interventions. This role involves building a unified education platform and driving technical strategy for the Brain Health ecosystem.

What you will do

Architect and scale agentic AI systems for multi-session conversational therapy
Design a centralized service for personalized pain science education and mindset strategies
Define long-term technical vision for Brain Health with product and clinical leadership
Mentor engineers and foster a culture of technical excellence
Collaborate across data science, clinical, and platform teams
Participate in the team's weekly on-call rotation

Required qualifications

4+ years of practical software engineering experience
Meaningful time shipping AI-powered products to real users
Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field
Led the design and delivery of complex, user-facing products end-to-end across product surfaces, backend services, and AI/ML systems

Nice to have

Worked in early-stage or fast-moving, rapidly evolving environments
Built products from 0 to 1
Technically proficient in modern AI application development (prompt engineering, RAG, agentic systems, evals)
Strong fullstack foundation (e.g., Python, TypeScript/NestJS)
Product-focused approach to building AI solutions
Successfully driven cross-team alignment
Experience establishing engineering standards, system architectures, and development best practices
Excellent communication skills to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Contributions to open-source AI or software engineering projects

Benefits

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 with a 2% company match
Modern life stipends for learning and development
Discounted company stock through ESPP

About the company

Hinge Health uses technology to scale and automate the delivery of healthcare for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions and other areas. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore.