Staff Software Engineer, Hinge Select

The Opportunity

Join the HingeSelect team, a high-growth internal startup within Hinge Health that is transforming how our members access care. You will be the technical anchor for our mission to seamlessly connect members with virtual orthopedic specialists and a high-performance network of in-person providers.

This is a rare opportunity to operate in a fast-paced 0-to-1 environment while leveraging the resources of a market leader to solve complex challenges in musculoskeletal (MSK) care delivery. What You'll Accomplish In your first 3 months: You will dive deep into our existing stack (Golang, TypeScript, React Native) to ship critical features for our Specialist Visits product.

You will establish initial engineering standards for this new initiative and build trust with cross-functional partners in Product and Design. In your first 6 months: You will lead complex, cross-team initiatives that unlock new product capabilities, guiding the team through ambiguity to deliver durable solutions.

You will mentor senior engineers, raising the technical bar and ensuring our clinical journeys are intuitive and high-quality.

In your first year: You will drive the architectural vision for our 2026 scale-up plans, designing services capable of handling 100x growth . You will shape the long-term technical strategy, balancing immediate delivery with the reliability and maintainability required for a massive scaling effort.

Who You Are A Strategic Architect

• You excel at defining technical approaches for ambiguous problem spaces.
• You don't just write code; you design scalable systems and APIs (REST or gRPC) that support exponential growth and future product needs.
• A Force Multiplier: You measure your success by the success of your team.
• Through mentorship, design guidance, and thoughtful feedback, you enable other engineers to operate more effectively and independently.
• A "Learn-it-all": You leverage AI thoughtfully to accelerate workflows and improve team effectiveness.
• You are passionate about our mission and constantly seek new ways to use technology to help people overcome chronic pain.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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, Nest
• JS, 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). Hinge Health Hybrid Model We believe that remote work and in-person work have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we want to be able to leverage the best of both worlds.
• Employees in hybrid roles are required to be in the office 3 days per week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day.
• The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.
• About Hinge Health At Hinge Health, we’re using technology to scale and automate the delivery of healthcare – starting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, which affect over 1.7 billion people worldwide.
• With an AI-powered human-centered care model, Hinge Health leverages cutting-edge technology to improve outcomes, experiences and costs to help people move beyond their pain.
• The platform addresses a broad spectrum of MSK care – from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation – through personalized, evidence-based care.
• As the preferred partner to 50+ health plans, PBMs and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 20 million people across more than 2,550 employers.
• The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore.
• Learn more at http://www.hingehealth.com/ What You'll Love

About Us

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.

Culture & Engagement Hinge Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you feel you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, let us know by reaching out to your recruiter.

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