Lead Engineer

Summary

Join Hims & Hers Health, Inc. as a Lead Full Stack Engineer and contribute to building cutting-edge web experiences that drive patient acquisition and engagement. You will lead the design, development, and maintenance of scalable solutions for the Category Flow Platform, supporting various product categories. Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor engineers, and drive technical direction. This role requires 10+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in front-end and back-end technologies, and strong leadership skills. Hims & Hers offers competitive benefits, including unlimited PTO, comprehensive health benefits, and an employee stock purchase program.

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in software engineering, preferably in a growth-focused engineering environment
• Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment
• Proven experience in leading teams, managing development projects, and driving technical initiatives
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, Next, GraphQL) and back-end technologies (Node.js, Redis)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, and the ability to translate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
• Strong understanding of responsive design and cross-browser compatibility
• Passion for innovation and continuous improvement in the software development process
• Strong sense of ownership and bias for action

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, architecture, and development of both front-end and back-end components
• Coach, mentor, and set best practices for architecture, coding, delivery, and operation within your pod
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions
• Ensure the technical feasibility and scalability of UI/UX designs, translating them into functional and efficient code
• Write clean, well-documented, and maintainable code while adhering to best practices
• Collaborate and build trust with other engineering teams, develop reusable, scalable designs, write and collaborate in RFCs, and build architecture diagrams that benefit the entire organization
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and other issues in production systems
• Partner with key stakeholders in product, design, infrastructure, marketing, and project management guiding decisions based on your knowledge of the codebase
• Drive operational excellence, owning and reporting on
• Contribute to the strategic vision of the team as a technical leader, identifying new technologies that improve security, scalability, reliability, and performance
• Manage deployment, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure strategies
• Actively participate in sprint events to help drive continuous improvement in our process and culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Enjoy tech talks, katas, lunch and learns, and geeking over programming languages, architecture, category theory, or whatever engineering topic you are passionate about
• Enjoy talking to product, design, and business stakeholders to better understand the problem space
• Strong project management and knowledge of agile development practices
• Team leadership experience with training peer engineers
• Backend experience in Node/Nest.js and Kotlin
• Experience with Domain Driven Design
• History of implementing Micro Front-Ends
• Worked on a system that had to deal with internationalization and localization

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)
• Employee discounts on hims & hers & Apostrophe online products
• 401k benefits with employer matching contribution
• Offsite team retreats