Staff Software Engineer, Brain Health, AI
Hinge Health - San Francisco, CA
Hiring: Staff Software Engineer, Brain Health, AI Company: Hinge Health Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 13:43:38 Target Skills & Keywords : LLM, NestJS, Python, RAG, TypeScript About the job Experience: •4+ years of practical software engineering experience, including meaningful time shipping AI-powered products to real users. Required Skills: •Architect Next-Gen AI Therapies: Build and scale the agentic AI systems that power multi-session conversational therapy, ensuring they maintain context, demonstrate emotional intelligence, and align with clinical protocols. •Build a Unified Education Platform: Design the centralized service that delivers personalized pain science education and mindset strategies, adapting content to each member's therapeutic goals. •Drive Technical Strategy: Define the long-term technical vision for Brain Health in partnership with product and clinical leadership, balancing immediate delivery with scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure. •Lead & Mentor: Act as a technical beacon for the team, mentoring engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence, and driving cross-functional collaboration across data science, clinical, and platform teams. Qualifications: •A Strategic Builder: You don't just write code; you architect systems that scale. You have a deep understanding of distributed systems and can navigate the complexity of building AI-driven products in a regulated healthcare environment. •A "Learn-it-all": You stay on the bleeding edge of AI and software engineering, constantly evaluating emerging technologies to optimize performance and improve the platform. •A Cross-Functional Leader: You thrive in multidisciplinary environments, translating complex technical concepts for clinical and product stakeholders to ensure our solutions are both clinically sound and technically robust. •An Owner-Operator: You take pride in your work, from architecture to production support, embodying a DevOps culture where you own the reliability and performance of your code. •Have 4+ years of practical software engineering experience, including meaningful time shipping AI-powered products to real users. •At minimum a Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or related field •Have led the design and delivery of complex, user-facing products end-to-end — across product surfaces, backend services, and AI/ML systems. •Have worked in early-stage or fast-moving, rapidly evolving environments, and have ideally built products from 0 to 1. •Are technically proficient in modern AI application development, with demonstrated depth in working with LLMs (prompt engineering, RAG, agentic systems, evals) and a strong fullstack foundation (e.g., Python, TypeScript/NestJS). •Take a product-focused approach to building AI solutions that are robust, safe, and genuinely useful in users' hands. Compensation: •$222,400 - $333,600 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!