Staff Engineer - Growth Engineering
About the Role:
Hims & Hers is on a mission to empower people to live healthier lives. Our Growth Engineering team plays a critical role in achieving this by building cutting-edge web experiences that drive patient acquisition, engagement, and satisfaction.
As a Staff Engineer on our Categories team, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, high-performance solutions across both front-end and back-end systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and influence the direction of our platform. Your role will also involve engaging in product discovery to identify user needs and ensure that our solutions align with business objectives.
You Will:
Lead the design and architecture of scalable and performant full-stack solutions that meet product requirements and enhance user experience
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards
Advocate 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
Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces that address user pain points and enhance the overall experience
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 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
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
Serve on our technical advisory group to help guide and provide feedback on critical technical decisions
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
You Have:
12+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code
Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment
Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, Next, GraphQL) and back-end technologies (Node.js, Redis)
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams
Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight
Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):
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)
Employee discounts on hims & hers & Apostrophe online products
401k benefits with employer matching contribution
Offsite team retreats
#LI-Remote
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Staff Engineer - Growth Engineering
About the Role:
Hims & Hers is on a mission to empower people to live healthier lives. Our Growth Engineering team plays a critical role in achieving this by building cutting-edge web experiences that drive patient acquisition, engagement, and satisfaction.
As a Staff Engineer on our Categories team, you will be a key technical leader responsible for designing and implementing scalable, high-performance solutions across both front-end and back-end systems. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and influence the direction of our platform. Your role will also involve engaging in product discovery to identify user needs and ensure that our solutions align with business objectives.
You Will:
Lead the design and architecture of scalable and performant full-stack solutions that meet product requirements and enhance user experience
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers on best practices, design patterns, and coding standards
Advocate 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
Collaborate with UX/UI designers to create intuitive and engaging user interfaces that address user pain points and enhance the overall experience
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 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
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
Serve on our technical advisory group to help guide and provide feedback on critical technical decisions
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
You Have:
12+ years as a software engineer, shipping production code
Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment
Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, Next, GraphQL) and back-end technologies (Node.js, Redis)
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams
Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight
Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):
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)
Employee discounts on hims & hers & Apostrophe online products
401k benefits with employer matching contribution
Offsite team retreats
#LI-Remote