Engineering Manager, New Vertical

Hinge Health•San Francisco, CA

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

Hinge Health is expanding into new areas beyond physical therapy, launching a new product line for a different health condition. This role involves building a brand new product from scratch, defining its features, and ensuring a comprehensive end-to-end experience for users. The company differentiates itself by blending licensed care providers with AI solutions and medical-grade hardware. The Engineering Manager will partner with senior leadership, Product, Design, and Marketing across global hubs. This is a hands-on leadership role, requiring approximately 15% of time to be spent on coding and code reviews, while also 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.
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 working on React Native 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).
Define how to use display software, AI solutions, and licensed care providers to deliver significant health improvement.
Establish a rigorous portfolio of A/B experiments for post-launch funnel optimizations.
Establish engineering best practices for CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and client performance.
Launch the "new vertical" product.
Execute 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.