Staff Software Engineer, GI

Hinge Health is a leader in Digital Physical Therapy and were expanding into new areas of April 2026 we launched our comprehensive Migraine Care Program extending our digital care platform beyond physical therapy. Were 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 a leader in virtual-first digestive healthcare gives us a strong foundation for entering this market. By combining Cylinders clinical expertise and market presence with Hinge Healths 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 youll help shape an end-to-end digital care experience for people living with GI conditions. Youll 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. Youll set direction for critical systems contribute to production code daily raise the quality bar and mentor other engineers without moving into people management. Youll 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 that thrive at Hinge Health.

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:

  • 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

• In your first 6 months:

  • 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.

• In your first year:

  • 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

  • Continuously raise engineering standards on the pod (testing observability reliability accessibility performance) and help scale the teams impact as the product and membership grow.

• 0->1 Builder: We are looking for an engineer with a track record of building brand new products from scratch.

• Talent magnet: someone who is recognized as a leader and other people want to work with.

• 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.

• You move fast know how to balance innovation vs reuse and deliver clear business results.

• Hands-on engineer: Youre reading and writing code across the tech stack (e.g. React Native BFF/full-stack web GraphQL AI Agents Computer Vision Medical Device Integration etc) and you use that fluency to coach review and set technical direction.

• 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.

• Team mentor and collaborator: You enjoy leveling up a strong but more junior team through pairing code reviews design discussions and clear written communication.

• Owner mindset: You think in terms of systems and business impact not just ticketsyoure comfortable taking a problem from idea through launch measurement and iteration.

• Inclusive team builder: You create clear expectations give direct feedback and foster a culture where engineers can do the best work of their careers.

• A minimum of 4 years of practical software engineering experience including building and shipping user-facing applications in production.

• A minimum Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field (or foreign equivalent).

• 2 years of hands-on React Native experience building mobile applications at scale.

• Technologies: Experience building in large React Native codebases TypeScript/ & Go backends GraphQL AWS services (e.g. Lambda SQS SNS SageMaker) tooling for client performance render optimization devops and app architecture patterns.

• Product Integration mindset: History operating a product surface that integrates across multiple platforms owned by different teams.

• Track record of running experiments (e.g. A/B tests or multivariate tests) on core product surfaces and using results to drive roadmap decisions.

• 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.

• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow other engineers through code reviews design collaboration and technical guidance.

• Comfort collaborating with product design and data/analytics partners to define metrics interpret results and refine experiences.

• Experience developing consumer-facing apps used by millions/billions of users.

• Regulated environments: Experience working within healthcare (HIPAA) or other highly regulated domains involving sensitive member data.
  

This role is a hybrid position based in our San Francisco office.

This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco office requiring in-person attendance three days per week for a full 8-hour business day. On remote days employees are expected to work during core business hours with flexibility. The office is part of a dog-friendly workplace program and while travel is not regularly required occasional off-site/on-site events may occur.

At Hinge Health were 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 2800 employers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore. Learn more at .

• 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 isnt 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 through discounted company stock through our ESPP with easy payroll deductions.
  

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.

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