Principal Engineer, Hims & Hers
Fullstack/Backend
$290-330k
+ Equity + ESPP
Multi-specialty telehealth platform
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Multi-specialty telehealth platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$290-330k
+ Equity + ESPP
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help the world feel great through the power of better health.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience with deep architectural expertise and a record of delivering production backend systems at scale
- Proven track record of influencing technical strategy and delivering cross-org technical initiatives at the group or organizational level
- Experience with backend technologies such as Kotlin, Java, or Go, with a deep understanding of system design for scale and performance
- Full-stack capability with frontend proficiency in modern frameworks and libraries (React, Next, GraphQL)
- Experience introducing and scaling shared infrastructure, frameworks, or libraries across multiple teams
- Proficiency with CI/CD workflows (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub), cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and observability tools (e.g., Datadog)
- Demonstrated ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment across functions
- Experience translating customer and clinical needs into reliable, maintainable, and high-impact technical solutions
- A track record of driving meaningful improvements in developer experience, team velocity, and system sustainability
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills with a demonstrated ability to influence across functions
- Experience coaching and growing senior engineering talent, and shaping hiring and development practices
- If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply—even if you're not sure if your background or experience is a perfect match
What the job involves
- We are seeking a visionary and technically exceptional Principal Engineer to lead architectural innovation and strategic technical direction
- This individual will operate at the organizational level — above and across teams — shaping the long-term technical landscape, enabling cross-functional execution at scale, and aligning engineering efforts with product and business outcomes
- This is a role for a proven technical leader who can set direction, build systems that last, and elevate the entire engineering organization
- Define and evolve the architectural vision for customer-facing systems in alignment with business strategy. Lead cross-org initiatives that address long-term scale, system boundaries, and foundational capabilities
- Establish patterns and frameworks that ensure quality, resilience, and operational excellence across the organization. Serve as the authority on design decisions and foster alignment across teams
- Collaborate with engineering and product leadership to shape product direction and ensure our architecture supports strategic goals. Drive org-wide adoption of scalable practices, tools, and development norms
- Mentor senior technical leaders, elevating engineering capabilities across the organization. Champion initiatives that foster talent density, engineering rigor, and a culture of continuous learning
- Lead through complexity and ambiguity, clarifying direction where ownership is unclear. Remove organizational blockers, simplify decision-making, and accelerate delivery of strategic initiatives
- Translate customer needs and product goals into scalable technical solutions. Define principles and patterns that embed customer obsession into our platform’s architecture
- Design systems and team boundaries to support sustainable growth. Drive investment in non-functional priorities (e.g., observability, migrations, reliability) early in the design process
- You'll Thrive Here If You:
- Create alignment and momentum in ambiguous or complex technical spaces
- Balance short-term deliverables with long-term scalability, system health, and customer experience
- Lead with curiosity, adaptability, and principled decision-making
- Take initiative to address cross-squad blockers, scale constraints, or misaligned priorities before they escalate
- Drive consistent, action-oriented execution even without perfect clarity
- Mentor senior engineering talent and reinforce a culture of growth, feedback, and high technical standards
- Inspire confidence through transparency, humility, and deep technical credibility
- Advocate for customers through scalable, resilient backend design that anticipates clinical complexity and future scale
Our take
Hims & Hers is a direct-to-consumer brand made for men and women, offering products for skin care, birth control, erectile dysfunction, hair loss and more. The company aims to create an open and honest culture of care that is accessible for everyone, no matter who you are or where you live.
Hims & Hers approach healthcare differently through a telemedicine approach combined with a comprehensive wholesale and branding strategy. This allows customers to get diagnosed and treated at a lower cost and with greater convenience whilst the company simultaneously increases customer brand's presence across the US.
The company is increasingly focused on becoming a modern healthcare brand, and has a huge addressable market to go after. The recent launch of an app has helped it grow significantly too. Further, its focusing investment into platform infrastructure and the development of partnerships with physical stores including retail giant Walmart, as well as continuing to launch new products such as its range of volumizing shampoos. Altogether, these moves put the brand in a good position for long-term growth as it looks to scale and evolve even further.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2019
$100m
LATE VC
Jul 2018
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $197m
Company benefits
- Full healthcare: High-coverage medical, dental & vision coverage for individuals and families
- Generous PTO: Take the time you need, when you need it - including generous parental leave
- Retirement planning: Take advantage of our 401(k) plan including contribution matching
- Work from anywhere: We are a remote-first company, so you can work from anywhere you like in the uS
- Robust compensation: We offer competitive salary bands and stock options
- Employee discount: Employees can take advantage of product discounts
- Utility stipend: A extra $75 each month to cover extra cell phone, internet, or data usage
- Spending accounts: Options for additional HSA and FSA plans to help toward healthcare costs
Company HQ
Marina District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Andrew Dudum
(Founder & CEO)Previously co-founder of Atomic, Homebound, Terminal and Bungalow and Investor & Advisor at Stable Auto, TalklQ, and Mira Technologies.
Jack Abraham
(Co-Founder & Investor)Founder and Managing Partner of Atomic. Co-Founder and Investor at Replicant, Raydiant, Bungalow, Homebound, Terminal and Zenreach.
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