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# Staff Software Engineer, Brain Health, AI

- **Company:** Hinge Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $305,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, TypeScript, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, Prompt Engineering, Generative AI, Backend, Agentic-AI, Information Technology, Machine Learning Operations, NestJS
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.com/details/5721148184

## About the Role

* 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.

 * Have successfully driven cross-team alignment to get impactful work shipped, and work with influence over authority.
 * Have experience establishing engineering standards, system architectures, and development best practices - especially around evaluation, safety, and reliability for AI systems.
 * Thrive in fast-paced environments and can navigate ambiguity to deliver high-quality products.
 * Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
 * Contributions to open-source AI or software engineering projects.

Hinge Health Hybrid Model

We believe that remote work and in-person work have their own advantages and disadvantages, and we want to be able to leverage the best of both worlds. Employees in hybrid roles are required to be in the office 3 days per week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day. The San Francisco office has a dog-friendly workplace program.

## Description

* 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.
 * Participate in the team's weekly on-call rotation, helping ensure the reliability and timely support of the systems we build., * 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.