Senior Staff Engineer, Growth

Job description

THE OPPORTUNITY Growth Engineering powers how potential members discover, enroll in, and return to Hinge Health’s MSK programs. The neighborhood spans 5 pods, about 50 engineers across the US and India, and drives measurable impact across revenue, bookings, and marketing reach. As Senior Staff Engineer, Growth, you will set the technical vision and modernization strategy across the neighborhood. You will turn growth goals and new AI and data opportunities into scalable architecture, high-impact roadmap bets, and faster experimentation. This is a key deputy to the Director of Growth Engineering: multi-quarter in scope, hands-on, and focused on multiplying impact across multiple pods. WHAT YOU’LL ACCOMPLISH IN YOUR FIRST 3 MONTHS, YOU WILL: - Learn the Growth stack end to end, from data ingestion and activation to measurement and conversion surfaces. - Build strong partnerships across Product, Marketing, Data Science, Platform Engineering, and Staff engineers across all 5 pods. - Author and drive an initial high-impact RFC, such as experimentation convergence, BFF strategy, or event taxonomy. IN YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS, YOU WILL: - Publish the architectural vision for Growth’s data and activation stack, including API boundaries, event pipelines, and third-party integrations. - Lead the MWeb Next.js migration strategy and the SplitIO to Statsig convergence plan. - Improve trust in Growth data through observability standards, SLOs, and data contracts. - Standardize platform patterns such as BFFs, Temporal adoption, CI and testing templates, and deployment practices. IN YOUR FIRST YEAR, YOU WILL: - Improve cross-pod execution through clearer ownership, faster dependency resolution, and more consistent architecture. - Lead 2 or more major cross-pod initiatives from concept to production. - Turn AI and engineering automation opportunities into durable leverage across the neighborhood. - Develop Staff engineers into strong pod-level technical leaders. WHO YOU ARE - A technical leader who has driven architecture and modernization across multiple teams or pods. - A growth-minded product thinker who understands funnels, experimentation, and business metrics. - A hands-on architect who still codes on critical paths and raises the velocity of others. - A strong cross-functional partner who can turn ambiguous problems into clear technical strategy. - A learn-it-all and bar-raiser who reflects Hinge Health’s values in communication, ownership, and experimentation. BASIC QUALIFICATIONS - At minimum 3+ years of experience - At minimum, a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science of equivalent - Significant experience as a senior IC owning architecture and technical strategy across multiple teams in growth, marketing, or consumer product environments. - Deep experience with modern web stacks such as React and Next.js, experimentation platforms such as Split.io http://Split.io, Statsig, or Optimizely, and event-driven data systems. - Strong track record building reliable data and activation platforms, including event taxonomies, data contracts, observability, and downstream data quality. - Proven ability to lead cross-team technical initiatives, resolve architectural disagreements, and drive adoption of shared patterns. - Strong product partnership skills with experience shaping growth bets, experimentation strategies, and success metrics. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Experience leading major modernization efforts such as framework migrations, experimentation platform consolidation, or large-scale data migrations. - Experience with backend-for-frontend patterns and workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal. - Experience standardizing AI-augmented engineering workflows at team or org scale. - Prior experience operating at Senior Staff or Principal scope in a high-growth environment. - Familiarity with healthcare, B2B2C, or other regulated environments. ABOUT HINGE HEALTH 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 an AI-powered human-centered care model, Hinge Health leverages cutting-edge technology to improve outcomes, experiences and costs to help people move beyond their pain. The platform addresses a broad spectrum of MSK care – from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation – through personalized, evidence-based care. As the preferred partner to 60+ health plans, PBMs and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 20 million people across more than 2,800 employers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore. Learn more at http://www.hingehealth.com http://www.hingehealth.com. WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT US - Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On top of comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, we offer employees and their family members help with gender-affirming care, tools for family and fertility planning, and travel reimbursements if healthcare isn’t available where you live. - Planning for the future: Start saving for the future with our traditional or Roth 401k retirement plan options which include a 2% company match. - Modern life stipends: Manage your own learning and development. - Grow with us: Grow with us through discounted company stock through our ESPP with easy payroll deductions. CULTURE & ENGAGEMENT Hinge Health is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We make employment decisions without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, pregnancy, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We provide reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you feel you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, let us know by reaching out to your recruiter. By submitting your application you are acknowledging we are using your personal data as outlined in the personnel and candidate privacy policy. Beware of Phishing Attempts: We’ve noticed an increase in phishing where fraudsters impersonate employees and send fake job offers to steal sensitive information. We’ll never ask for financial details during the hiring process and only use “@hingehealth.com http://hingehealth.com” emails. 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