hims-and-hers - Principal Engineer (Fullstack/Backend)

• 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. • 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 BENEFITS (THERE ARE MORE BUT HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS): • Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles • Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave • Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP) • 401k benefits with employer matching contribution • Offsite team retreats • Hims considers all qualified applicants for employment, including applicants with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act, and any similar state or local fair chance laws. • It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. • Hims & Hers is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected] and describe the needed accommodation. Your privacy is important to us, and any information you share will only be used for the legitimate purpose of considering your request for accommodation. Hims & Hers gives consideration to all qualified applicants without regard to any protected status, including disability. Please do not send resumes to this email address. • To learn more about how we collect, use, retain, and disclose Personal Information, please visit our Global Candidate Privacy Statement https://www.hims.com/global-candidate-privacy-statement.