Staff Software Engineer, Hinge Health
Artificial intelligence
$193.6-290.4k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Digital clinic for joint and muscle pain
Be an early applicant
Digital clinic for joint and muscle pain
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$193.6-290.4k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To improve the lives of people suffering from chronic conditions, starting with musculoskeletal conditions like back and joint pain.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of non-internship full time professional software engineering experience, with at least 2 years working on AI platforms, machine learning systems, or data infrastructure
- 2+ years of experience in Python (for AI-related work) and Typescript-NestJS (for cloud microservice work)
- 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms and containerization tools
- 2+years of experience working in distributed systems, microservices architectures, and large-scale data processing
- 2+ years of experience in mentoring and leading junior team members, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams, and contributing to project planning and decision-making
- Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building and maintaining end-to-end AI/ML platforms or services in a cloud environment
- Knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
- Familiarity with data engineering practices and tools (e.g., Spark, Kafka, ETL pipelines)
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to collaborate across teams and explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Contributions to open-source AI or software engineering projects
What the job involves
- Hinge Health is a digital health company focused on providing innovative, evidence-based solutions for musculoskeletal (MSK) pain
- Through a combination of wearable sensors, personalized exercise therapy, and virtual care, Hinge Health helps individuals manage and reduce chronic pain, improving their quality of life while lowering healthcare costs
- The company partners with employers and health plans to offer these solutions at scale, improving overall employee health and productivity
- Our Brain Health initiatives focus on creating personalized, evidence-based mental wellness experiences that adapt to each member's psychological needs, emotional state, and therapeutic progress
- This position is mission-critical for expanding Hinge Health's impact beyond physical therapy into comprehensive mind-body wellness, helping millions achieve better mental health outcomes through innovative AI-powered therapeutic interventions
- As the Staff Engineer for the Brain Health team, you will lead the technical architecture and development of innovative mental wellness solutions at Hinge Health
- You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team building agentic AI systems for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Process-Interpersonal Psychotherapy (PIPT) experiences, while also architecting a unified education service that delivers comprehensive mental health educational content to our members
- As a Staff Engineer, you should be passionate about building high-quality software, have a deep understanding of AI systems, and be excited to work on complex challenges at scale
- We enjoy a continuous deployment DevOps culture, and take owner-operator pride in supporting our code in production
- Our workflow is trunk-based CI/CD, and our security/compliance posture is at the highest standards of healthcare, including HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC 2, and CCPA
- Build and iterate on next-generation therapeutic AI agents that deliver personalized CBT and PIPT interventions with clinically sound, empathetic user experiences
- Architect and scale a unified brain health education platform that personalizes content delivery, tracks progress, and adapts to therapeutic goals
- Define and guide the technical strategy for brain health initiatives in partnership with product, clinical, and engineering leadership
- Design scalable AI architectures for multi-session conversational therapy agents that maintain context, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and adjust interventions based on member progress
- Establish and evolve MLOps practices tailored to mental health AI, including model evaluation, therapeutic effectiveness monitoring, and safety guardrails
- Collaborate with clinical experts to ensure AI interventions align with evidence-based therapeutic protocols and drive measurable clinical outcomes
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships across content, clinical psychology, data science, and platform teams to deliver a cohesive brain health ecosystem
- Optimize system performance and maintain fault-tolerant, scalable infrastructure capable of supporting high-growth AI workloads, while continuously evaluating emerging technologies to improve the platform
Our take
Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions are prime concerns for individuals and employers. In fact, 1 in 2 Americans experience some form of back and joint pain. Hinge Health has created a platform that brings treatment providers and patients together in order to prevent, treat and rehabilitate a variety of MSK conditions.
MSK spending has nearly doubled from $10 billion to almost $20 billion over the last 10 years. Analysis by Hinge Health indicates that MSK is an employer's highest medical claim expense. Despite this, patient results have not improved, which has led to a reported 70% of employers looking to adopt a digital MSK solution.
This wealth of opportunity has led to Hinge Health providing digital MSK clinics for employees at 1000+ companies, including Salesforce, US Foods and Boeing. With a valuation of almost $4 billion, the company stands as one of the most valuable startups in digital health and secured an IPO in 2025, marking a new and exciting chapter for the healthtech platform.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
64% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Oct 2021
$400m
SERIES E
Jan 2021
$300m
SERIES D
Total funding: $825.8m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- We offer help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn't available where you live
- Manage your own learning and development budget
- Mental health and lifestyle stipends to cover your favorite wellness services, workout classes, gym subscriptions, and work-from-home equipment
- Flexible vacation and paid time off
Company HQ
Financial District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Gabriel Mecklenburg
(Co-Founder & CTO)Studied at Cambridge and Imperial College London. They were the COO of Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable, and co-founded Marblar in 2012.
Daniel Perez
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Biochemistry at Oxford before co-founding Marblar. Was founder and CEO of Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable.
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