Hinge Health
Staff Software Engineer, New Programs
San Francisco-HQ · Staff+
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About the role
- As a Staff Software Engineer for GI, you'll help shape an end-to-end digital care experience for people living with GI conditions.
- You'll set direction for critical systems, contribute to production code daily, raise the quality bar, and mentor other engineers without moving into people management.
- Learn more about the staff engineer archetypes https://rnd.hingehealth.com/blog/staff-engineers-at-hinge-health-who-we-hire-who-we-dont that thrive at Hinge Health.
Requirements
- A minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or foreign equivalent).
- AI-Driven development: You have been using the latest AI software development techniques (ex: teams of AI Agents) and continuously look for new AI techniques that can improve your productivity.
- Experiment-driven operator: You think in terms of hypotheses, sample sizes, and decision rules, and you can run a dense A/B experimentation roadmap without sacrificing quality.
Nice to have
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript/JavaScript, React Native, and modern mobile development tooling
- familiarity with backend services (e.g., Node/TypeScript, GraphQL, or similar) is a plus.
- We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
- We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.
- Beware of Phishing Attempts: We've noticed an increase in phishing where fraudsters impersonate employees and send fake job offers to steal sensitive information.
Skills
- Product Integration mindset: History operating a product surface that integrates across multiple platforms owned by different teams.
- Regulated environments: Experience working within healthcare (HIPAA) or other highly regulated domains involving sensitive member data.
- 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.
- Our AI-powered, human-centered care model spans MSK, pelvic health, gastrointestinal (GI) and migraine care.
- The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore.
- Learn more at hingehealth.com http://hingehealth.com.
- Inclusive healthcare and
Compensation
- GI conditions affect roughly one in four U.S. adults and drive $135 billion in annual medical spending.
Benefits
- Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match.
- Manage your own learning and development.
- Grow with us through discounted company stock through our ESPP with easy payroll deductions.
- Hinge Health is an
- 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 over 60 partnerships with health plans, PBMs and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 25 million people across more than 2,900 employers.
Company info
- Hinge Health is a leader in Digital Physical Therapy, and we're expanding into new areas of care. In April 2026, we launched our comprehensive Migraine Care Program https://www.hingehealth.com/resources/press-releases/hinge-health-launches-comprehensive-migraine-care-program/, extending our digital care platform beyond physical therapy. We're now building a new team to launch a Gastrointestinal (GI) Care Program. GI conditions affect roughly one in four U.S. adults and drive $135 billion in annual medical spending.
- Our planned acquisition of Cylinder Health https://ir.hingehealth.com/news/news-details/2026/Hinge-Health-to-acquire-Cylinder-Health-expanding-into-gastrointestinal-care/default.aspx, a leader in virtual-first digestive healthcare, gives us a strong foundation for entering this market. By combining Cylinder's clinical expertise and market presence with Hinge Health's AI-powered care model and technology platform, we can rapidly build a new GI product expected to launch in 2027.
- As a Staff Software Engineer for GI, you'll help shape an end-to-end digital care experience for people living with GI conditions. You'll lead rapid experiments to validate assumptions, navigate complex technical and product challenges, and turn what you learn into a reliable, scalable product that can improve members' health at meaningful scale.
- At Hinge Health, staff engineers are senior technical contributors who lead through code, technical judgment, and influence. You'll set direction for critical systems, contribute to production code daily, raise the quality bar, and mentor other engineers without moving into people management. You'll partner closely with senior leadership and teams across Product, Design, and Marketing in San Francisco, Montreal, and Bangalore. Learn more about the staff engineer archetypes https://rnd.hingehealth.com/blog/staff-engineers-at-hinge-health-who-we-hire-who-we-dont that thrive at Hinge Health.
- Help define the GI product line from scratch.
- Build strong partnerships with Product, Design, and Marketing to align on the strategy, experimentation roadmap, and success metrics.
- Lead the technical roadmap development for the new GI product line spanning AI systems, UX interfaces, business logic middletier, hardware integration and where to loop in the board-certified clinician for in-person support to members.
- Develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts for the hardest parts of the new product line
- Build the GI product as a minimum lovable product (MLP) delivering a significant & measurable health improvement for members.
- Mentor and pair with engineers on the pod, helping them grow in engineering best practices, code quality, and experimentation mindset.
- Create engineering best practices for CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring, and client performance across the entire stack.
- Personally develop the hardest, most challenging software elements in the product roadmap.
- Have launched the new product and already work on iterations to adapt it using real member feedback post-launch.
- Drive cross-team initiatives to improve the end-to-end journey for GI end users
- Hinge Health is a leader in Digital Physical Therapy, and we're expanding into new areas of care.
- In April 2026, we launched our comprehensive Migraine Care Program https://www.hingehealth.com/resources/press-releases/hinge-health-launches-comprehensive-migraine-care-program/, extending our digital care platform beyond physical therapy.
- We're now building a new team to launch a Gastrointestinal (GI) Care Program.
- GI conditions affect roughly one in four U.S. adults and drive $135 billion in annual medical spending.
- Our planned acquisition of Cylinder Health https://ir.hingehealth.com/news/news-details/2026/Hinge-Health-to-acquire-Cylinder-Health-expanding-into-gastrointestinal-care/default.aspx, a leader in virtual-first digestive healthcare, gives us a strong foundation for entering this market.
- By combining Cylinder's clinical expertise and market presence with Hinge Health's AI-powered care model and technology platform, we can rapidly build a new GI product expected to launch in 2027.
- You'll lead rapid experiments to validate assumptions, navigate complex technical and product challenges, and turn what you learn into a reliable, scalable product that can improve members' health at meaningful scale.
- At Hinge Health, staff engineers are senior technical contributors who lead through code, technical judgment, and influence.
- You'll partner closely with senior leadership and teams across Product, Design, and Marketing in San Francisco, Montreal, and Bangalore.
- Below are example impact areas over your first 3, 6, and 12 months.
- At Hinge Health, we regularly adjust priorities to respond to member needs and business incentives, so these are illustrative rather than fixed checklists.
- In your first 3 months:
- In your first 6 months:
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.
- 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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