Sr. Software Engineer - Backend
hims & hersJob Summary
Hims & Hers is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer to build and maintain the platform for customer orders and prescriptions at scale. The role involves designing backend services for telehealth and e-commerce platforms, collaborating with product managers and teams, leading architecture decisions, integrating cross-domain solutions, implementing observability, contributing to operational excellence, mentoring team members, and participating in continuous improvement processes. Key skills include experience with Java, Kotlin, PostgreSQL, AWS, Kubernetes, microservices, Domain Driven Design, and agile methodologies.
Company Benefits
- ✓Competitive salary & equity compensation
- ✓Unlimited PTO
- ✓Comprehensive health benefits
- ✓Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
- ✓Employee discounts
- ✓401k with employer matching
- ✓Offsite team retreats
About the Role:
Hims & Hers is seeking an experienced Sr. Software Engineer to build and maintain the platform that reliably fulfills customer orders and prescriptions at scale. As a key member of the Fulfillment and Pharmacy Engineering Backend team, you will define, build, test, deploy, and support our self-service platform for Fulfillment Operations and Pharmacy teams.
You Will:
Design and build backend services that power our telehealth and ecommerce platforms
Collaborate with product managers, principal engineers and your team to guide decisions
Provide leadership and guidance to internal team members on the implementation of architecture and designs
Collaborate, lead and deliver cross-domain integration solutions with techniques such as REST and asynchronous design patterns
Own feature delivery from solution design to production operation
Implement observability, monitoring and alerting solutions
Contribute to operational excellence through on-call responsibilities which include issue resolution, root-cause analysis and code improvements to reduce toil
Coach and mentor team members, including constructive feedback for code and design reviews
Actively participate in retrospectives and help drive continuous improvement in our architecture, agile process and team culture
Cross functional team collaboration and communication including product and engineering leadership
You Have:
Bachelor degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
5+ years experience as a software engineer including languages such as Java and Kotlin
3+ years of experience with back end distributed system design, development and delivery, preferably in an eCommerce environment
3+ years of experience with microservice architectures
Experience with Domain Driven Design
Experience with design, development, delivery and management of microservices hosted on Kubernetes and AWS
Experience with agile software development and delivery methodologies
Proficiency with continuous integration/delivery including automated unit and integration test strategies
Proficiency with Relational Databases, PostgreSQL preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Our Benefits (there are more but here are some highlights):
Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles
Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days
Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave
Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Employee discounts on hims & hers & Apostrophe online products
401k benefits with employer matching contribution
Offsite team retreats
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