Senior Staff Software Engineer, Hinge Health

• Your pragmatism, collaboration, thoughtfulness, and creative joy will shine through in every gesture, and disproportionately influence the technical culture of our team
• Additionally we are looking for someone who can effective communicate skills with the ability to work strategically across teams and mentor others
• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of building scalable microservices
• 5+ years of experience in TypeScript, Nestjs, GraphQL, Node.js, relational and non-relational databases, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Redis
• 4+ years of experience building event-driven systems
• 4+ years of experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS) and cloud architecture

Desirable

• The Senior Staff Engineer - Platform will guide and accelerate the evolution of Hinge Health’s platform initiatives
• In this role, you will glide between levels of abstraction to foster strong technical alignment, facilitate great technical decision making, and implement elegant solutions to the most complex and high-leverage technical problems
• Design, build, and maintain scalable systems: Leverage technologies such as Kafka, Python, TypeScript, Postgres, DynamoDB, and AWS to create robust and scalable systems
• Architectural leadership: Lead and participate in architectural discussions, proposing innovative solutions to complex engineering challenges. Led the design and architecture of large-scale, neighborhood wide platform projects
• Event-driven architectures: Implement and optimize event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka
• Backend services and APIs: Develop backend services and APIs using Python and TypeScript, ensuring clean, maintainable, and scalable code
• Database management: Manage and scale databases to support high-availability and large-scale data applications
• System observability: Ensure observability of systems using tools like Datadog, Sumo Logic, and Sentry for real-time monitoring, log management, and error tracking
• Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product managers, staff and senior staff engineers, and engineering leaders
• Mentorship: Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous learning
• Advocacy for best practices: Advocate for best practices in software development, architecture, security, and system observability