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We are redefining healthcare by putting the customer first and delivering access to care that is affordable, accessible, and personal, from diagnosis to treatment to delivery. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. By normalizing health & wellness challenges and innovating on their solutions, we’re making better health outcomes easier to achieve.\nHims & Hers is a public company, traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HIMS.” To learn more about the brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com/about and hims.com/how-it-works . For information on the company’s outstanding benefits, culture, and its talent-first flexible/remote work approach, see below and visit www.hims.com/careers-professionals.\nAbout the Role:\nHims & Hers is on a mission to empower people to live healthier lives. We’re hiring Staff Software Engineers across several of our platform teams. Each team builds the backend systems and web experiences that drive patient acquisition, retention, engagement, and satisfaction.\nIn this highly visible, high-impact role, you’ll own the architecture of core systems in your domain and directly influence key business metrics across our platform.\nYou Will:\nLead the design and architecture of scalable and performant backend solutions that meet product requirements and enhance the experience of the platform you support\n\nOwn the architecture of core systems within your domain, including correctness, state management, and workflow orchestration across the teams and systems you integrate with\n\nPartner closely with engineering teams across the organization to drive cross-functional technical initiatives and ensure platform decisions scale across the organization\n\nProvide mentorship on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards\n\nAdvocate for the team’s technical needs within the broader engineering organization\n\nParticipate in product discovery and validation through prototypes and experiments\n\nPartner with product and design to ensure platform capabilities support an intuitive end-to-end customer experience\n\nDrive strategic technical decisions to improve security, scalability, and performance\n\nBreak down complex projects into actionable tasks\n\nEstablish and enforce consistent coding and testing standards\n\nInitiate efforts to reduce technical debt and enhance workflow efficiency\n\nImplement tools and processes for monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization\n\nImplement analytics and monitoring to demonstrate how engineering solutions directly impact key customer and business KPIs\n\nAnalyze metrics and user feedback to continuously improve the platform\n\nMaintain thorough technical documentation\n\nConduct code reviews and facilitate knowledge-sharing initiatives\n\nYou Have:\n8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years in a Staff Engineer or equivalent senior technical leadership role\n\nProven experience in building platform infrastructure that drives customer retention, engagement, and satisfaction, preferably in a cloud environment (AWS)\n\nProficiency in back-end technologies (Spring, Java, Kotlin, PostgreSQL)\n\nDemonstrated ability to optimize web service metrics (speed, reliability, etc.)\n\nExperience with building workflows (Temporal), monitoring (Datadog), experimentation frameworks (Growthbook, Optimizely, etc.), CI/CD (CircleCI, GitHub Actions), etc.\n\nExcellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically\n\nStrong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams\n\nCapable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight\n\nKnowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, React Native, NextJS, GraphQL, TypeScript)\n\nYou will be successful in the role if you are someone who:\nIdentifies clarity in ambiguous situations, acting as a stabilizing influence during uncertainty\n\nFosters trust and collaboration across diverse teams\n\nBalances confidence with humility, constructively addressing conflicts and resistance\n\nProvides empathetic feedback and promotes transparency\n\nStrategically drives execution of initiatives, maintaining urgency and focus on critical priorities\n\nChampions customer-centric design and ensures customer priorities are reflected\n\nDemonstrates accountability, owning outcomes and the long-term success of technical systems\n\nProactively identifies and addresses risks and gaps without awaiting direction\n\nPromotes curiosity, continuous improvement, and innovation\n\nInfluences decisions through well-reasoned arguments and supports alignment post-decision\n\nOur Benefits (there are more, but here are some highlights):\nCompetitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles\n\nUnlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days\n\nComprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave\n\nEmployee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\n\n401k benefits with employer matching contribution\n\nOffsite team retreats\n\nWe are committed to building a workforce that reflects diverse perspectives and prioritizes ethics, wellness, and a strong sense of belonging. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply-even if you're not sure if your background or experience is a perfect match.\nHims considers all qualified applicants for employment, including applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and any similar state or local fair chance laws.\nIt is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.\nHims & Hers is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at  and describe the needed accommodation. Your privacy is important to us, and any information you share will only be used for the legitimate purpose of considering your request for accommodation. Hims & Hers gives consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to any protected status, including disability. 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