Staff Software Engineer, Frontend

Hims & Hers is seeking a Staff Engineer to build, test, deploy, and support a self-service platform for pharmacy operations and customer order fulfillment. The role provides technical leadership for front-end architecture and works with engineering, product, and design partners to deliver a safe, reliable, scalable platform.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the architecture of scalable, maintainable, and performant front end solutions aligned with product requirements
• Work with other technical leaders to identify and drive adoption of common frameworks, patterns, and practices
• Establish and foster consistent best practices, design patterns, and coding standards across the Front End team
• Shape responsible adoption of AI across our software development process, raising team output while holding the bar for patient safety, quality, and maintainability
• Guide the technical growth of Front End engineers through pair programming, mentorship opportunities, maintaining thorough technical documentation, and other avenues
• Initiate efforts to reduce technical debt and enhance workflow efficiency
• Implement tools and processes for monitoring, incident response, and performance optimization
• Define a multi-quarter front end architecture roadmap for Pharmacy & Fulfillment and break it into work other engineers can pick up
• Collaborate with designers for intuitive and engaging user experiences
• Conduct design & code reviews and facilitate knowledge-sharing initiatives
• Stay informed of industry trends and standards to propose innovative enhancements

Requirements:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of setting front end technical direction across multiple teams
• Proven experience in building scalable web applications and services, preferably in a cloud environment
• Proficiency in front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks (React, React Native, NextJs, TypeScript) and back-end technologies (Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, Redis)
• Experience with monitoring and CI/CD technologies (Datadog, Github actions, Circle CI, etc…)
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in real engineering workflows, with good judgment about where they help and where they don't
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and strategically
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams
• Capable of prioritizing multiple projects in order to meet goals without management oversight
• Identifies clarity in ambiguous situations, acting as a stabilizing influence during uncertainty
• Fosters trust and collaboration across diverse teams
• Balances confidence with humility, constructively addressing conflicts and resistance
• Provides empathetic feedback and promotes transparency
• Strategically drives execution of initiatives, maintaining urgency and focus on critical priorities
• Champions customer-centric design and ensures customer priorities are reflected
• Demonstrates accountability, owning outcomes and the long-term success of technical systems
• Proactively identifies and addresses risks and gaps without awaiting direction
• Promotes curiosity, continuous improvement, and innovation
• Influences decisions through well-reasoned arguments and supports alignment post-decision