Engineering Manager, New Vertical

Hinge Health•San Francisco, CA

2d•$212,000 - $318,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Hinge Health is expanding into new areas outside of physical therapy, launching a new product line for a new condition. This role offers the opportunity to build a brand new product from scratch, defining the experience for millions of Americans. The Engineering Manager for “New Vertical” will build an understanding of the target health condition, ensuring Hinge Health creates a comprehensive end-to-end treatment experience. This involves running rapid experiments to validate assumptions and launching a new digital care product. HingeHealth differentiates itself by combining licensed care providers with AI solutions and medical-grade hardware for a complete user experience. The role involves partnering closely with senior leadership, Product, Design, and Marketing across global hubs. As a hands-on engineering leader, you will stay close to the technology stack, contributing to and reviewing code (~15% of your time), while building a high-performing team.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience managing a team of ~5+ engineers in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.
AI-native development: Expertise using tools like Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI agents as development resources to drastically improve the pace of experimentation, with opinions on prompting, agent review, and harness engineering.
Strong React Native, mobile, or client-side engineering background — or equivalent depth in a BFF/full-stack web context with a track record of shipping member-facing UI at scale.
Experience owning and evolving a major product surface end-to-end — from architecture and UX through experimentation and production reliability.
Demonstrated ability to design, run, and interpret A/B experiments, including comfort reasoning about sample sizes, interference effects, and decision rules.

Nice To Haves

React Native: Experience building or leading teams in large React Native codebases, including client performance, render optimization, and app architecture patterns.
Server-Driven UI: Familiarity with SDUI patterns and the trade-offs of moving layout and presentation logic from client to server.
Platform mindset: History operating a shared product surface that other teams extend—defining extension contracts, managing inbound requests, and protecting stability.
GraphQL & modern stacks: Familiarity with GraphQL (caching, BFF patterns, client-driven data-fetching performance), plus working knowledge of Python, TypeScript/Node.js, AWS services (e.g., Lambda, SQS, SNS, SageMaker), and modern DevOps practices.
Regulated environments: Experience working within healthcare (HIPAA) or other highly regulated domains involving sensitive member data.

Responsibilities

Build a team of 5 engineers building across React Native (Phoenix) mobile codebase and backend services (Go & JS).
Establish clear goals, rituals, and expectations for a high-performing team.
Define the new vertical/product line from scratch.
Build strong partnerships with Product, Design, and Marketing to align on strategy, experimentation roadmap, and success metrics.
Build the “new vertical” product as a minimum loveable product (MLP), defining how to use display software, AI solutions and licensed care providers to deliver significant health improvement.
Establish a rigorous portfolio of A/B experiments to run post launch of the new product, planning for funnel optimizations.
Establish engineering best practices for CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and client performance across the entire stack.
Launch the “new vertical” product.
Execute a series of A/B experiments to increase usage and success of the new product.
Grow and mentor the team, raising the bar on engineering quality, experimentation rigor, and operational excellence.