About the roleHinge Health is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Device Software team inside Hardware R&D. This role is centered on the software systems behind a connected medical device experience, including device-control flows, mobile and backend integrations, device telemetry, and the clinical and operational workflows needed to support the product end to end.
This is a staff-level individual contributor role with strong backend ownership for device-adjacent software, with particular emphasis on Python and Next.js systems. The role is expected to operate across a broad technical surface while partnering closely with Product, Clinical, Regulatory, Hardware Engineering, Data, and Quality stakeholders.
This role will be a key technical leader for Device Software, helping Hinge Health deliver reliable, scalable software across connected device experiences and the backend systems that support them. It is a strong fit for someone who enjoys owning hard technical problems, operating across boundaries, and building software that directly impacts member outcomes.
Our team builds the software experience that members use alongside Hinge Health's connected device products, and we operate in a continuous delivery environment with a high bar for quality, reliability, and compliance.
What you'll accomplish- Lead the design and delivery of backend-heavy, device-adjacent software systems that power connected device experiences, clinical workflows, and supporting operational tools.
- Own complex technical initiatives from problem framing through implementation, especially across Python services, Next.js applications, APIs, and integrations that connect device, app, and backend surfaces.
- Drive architecture and technical decision-making for scalable, maintainable systems spanning mobile, backend, device-control, and telemetry flows.
- Partner closely with engineering, product, design, hardware, clinical, and regulatory stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into pragmatic execution plans with clear tradeoffs.
- Build and improve the software foundations behind major Device Software initiatives, including areas like deep link unlock, clinical research platform work, and OTA-related capabilities.
- Raise the technical bar for backend quality, observability, testability, and operational excellence in a production environment that values owner-operator accountability.
- Mentor engineers through design reviews, implementation guidance, debugging, and day-to-day technical leadership, helping the team make strong technical decisions and ship with confidence.
- Proactively identify platform gaps, technical debt, and workflow improvements that increase delivery speed, reduce regressions, and improve long-term maintainability.
Basic qualifications- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production systems.
- Strong backend engineering experience, including designing APIs, building scalable services, and working in microservice-oriented architectures.
- Strong experience with Python in production systems.
- Strong experience building modern web applications with Next.js and TypeScript.
- Experience working across end-to-end systems that connect backend services, mobile or web clients, and device-adjacent software surfaces.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern backend tooling such as AWS, Docker, Postgres, Redis, GraphQL, and related systems.
- Experience debugging complex production issues, improving reliability, and strengthening observability and release confidence.
- Demonstrated technical leadership through architectural influence, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring other engineers.
Preferred qualifications- Experience working on connected devices, BLE flows, device-control experiences, or software developed in close partnership with firmware and hardware teams.
- Experience in regulated or quality-sensitive domains such as healthcare, medical devices, HIPAA, FDA-regulated products, or similar environments.
- Experience with React Native or mobile application development in support of end-to-end device experiences.
- Experience building internal tools, developer productivity workflows, simulation layers, or test infrastructure for complex systems.
- Experience operating effectively in high-ambiguity environments where a staff engineer is expected to define scope, surface risks early, and guide execution across multiple teams.
