Staff Software Engineer, Fullstack (Hinge Select)

Hinge-Health • San Francisco, CA

4d • $192,000 - $288,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Hinge Health is a digital health company focused on delivering evidence-based solutions for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain. By combining personalized exercise therapy with virtual care, Hinge Health empowers individuals to manage and reduce chronic pain, improving quality of life and reducing healthcare costs. We partner with employers and health plans to provide these solutions at scale, helping organizations enhance employee health and productivity.
We are looking for a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer - Fullstack to join the HingeSelect organization. Hinge Select is a new, high-growth product initiative operating as an internal startup within Hinge Health. Our mission is to seamlessly connect our members with virtual orthopedic specialists and a high-performance network of in-person providers.
As a Staff Software Engineer on the Specialist Visits team, you will provide technical leadership for our 2026 plans to scale this product by multiple orders of magnitude. You will drive the architectural vision for end-to-end feature development - designing the scalable Golang and TypeScript services that handle 100x growth, while ensuring our React Native experiences provide intuitive, high-quality clinical journeys for members.
Staff engineers contribute to their team’s success by building and extending secure, scalable services and exposing clear, well-tested APIs. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our technical strategy, mentoring senior engineers, and establishing engineering standards in a fast-paced, 0-to-1 environment backed by the resources of a market leader.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience
• 8+ years of non-internship experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building scalable backend systems and microservices
• Expert proficiency across the full stack (web, mobile, and backend), with deep experience in React.js, React Native, Golang (or similar backend technologies), and TypeScript to drive product decisions
• Proven track record of architecting and designing scalable APIs (REST or gRPC) and data models that support exponential growth
• Experience leading technical execution in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, working closely with cross-functional partners
• Passionate about our mission to help people overcome chronic pain and improve quality of life
• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) and a passion for leveraging AI technologies to accelerate engineering velocity and design high-quality systems

Nice To Haves

• Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) and a passion for leveraging AI technologies to accelerate engineering velocity and design high-quality systems
• Experience designing and evolving systems in a rapid-growth, 0-to-1 environment where you navigated ambiguity and iterated quickly
• Deep familiarity with our core stack: React Native, React, Node.js, TypeScript, NestJS, GraphQL, Docker, Golang, AWS, Postgres, Temporal, and gRPC
• Experience designing and evolving integration-heavy systems (e.g., with hospital systems, health plans, or other external partners)
• Experience in healthcare, insurance tech, or high-compliance industries (HIPAA, SOC 2)

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-team initiatives that unlock new product capabilities, aligning technical execution across teams to deliver meaningful outcomes.
• Define and evolve technical approaches for complex, ambiguous problem spaces, creating clarity where requirements are incomplete and guiding teams toward durable solutions.
• Shape longer-term technical strategy in partnership with engineering and product leadership, balancing near-term delivery with scalability, quality, and future product needs.
• Raise the technical bar across teams through mentorship, design guidance, and thoughtful feedback, enabling other engineers to operate more effectively and independently.
• Influence system-level maintainability, reliability, and performance by identifying cross-cutting improvements and guiding architectural evolution over time.
• Leverage AI thoughtfully to improve team effectiveness and engineering workflows, setting patterns and standards that scale beyond individual contributions.
• Communicate clearly and persuasively about technical direction, risks, and trade-offs to engineers and leadership, creating shared understanding and alignment.
• Exhibit strong user and business judgment at scale, ensuring technical decisions consistently reflect customer needs, product strategy, and long-term business impact.

Benefits

• Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live.
• Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.
• Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development
• Grow with us through discounted company stock through our ESPP with easy payroll deductions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level