Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. As a Sr. Software Engineer, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, high-performance solutions across back-end systems while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and architecture of scalable and performant backend solutions that meet product requirements and enhance the experience of our platform powers
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards
- Advocate for your team’s technical needs and priorities within the broader engineering organization
- Participate in product discovery sessions to assess feasibility, explore user needs, define product features, and validate ideas with prototypes and experiments
- Work closely with other engineering teams to ensure seamless integration and communication across systems and services
- Contribute to the vision for the team and the platform as a technical leader, identifying new and strategic technologies and technical investments that improve security, scalability, reliability, and performance
- Break down complex projects into clear, actionable tasks to drive successful outcomes
- Implement observability practices across the platform, including logging, monitoring, and alerting, to ensure system reliability and performance
- Elevate the team's engineering standards by leading efforts to improve workflows, processes, and tools
- Analyze performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and drive optimization efforts
- Create and maintain technical documentation for architecture and development processes
- Conduct code reviews and contribute to knowledge-sharing initiatives within the team
- Identify performance bottlenecks and propose enhancements to optimize system performance and reliability
- Stay updated with industry trends, technologies, and best practices, and propose innovative solutions to improve the platform
- Act as a key contributor to the hiring process by assisting with interviews and onboarding new engineers
- Model a culture of open communication and continuous improvement by providing constructive feedback and coaching to junior team members
Skills
- 5+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code
- 3+ years of experience with back-end distributed system design, development, and delivery
- 3+ years of experience with microservice architectures
- Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment
- Proficiency with the delivery and hosting of front ends and microservices on Kubernetes and AWS
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically
- Experience with agile software development and delivery methodology
- Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes, including integrated unit tests and end-to-end integration tests
- Experience with Relational Databases, PostgreSQL preferred
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively within and across teams
- Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight
- Healthcare tech, wearables, or connected device data experience
- Familiarity with front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, React Native, NextJS)
- Experience building developer frameworks or tools (e.g., having contributed to a framework itself, not just built with one)
- Web performance optimization experience
Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
- Offsite team retreats
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