# Staff Engineer/Tech Lead, MSK Verticals

**Company:** [Hinge Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hinge-health)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $192k – $264k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, nestjs, React, React Native, Postgres, AWS, Docker, Distributed Systems, Microservices, CI/CD, automated testing, Monitoring, cloud platforms
**Posted:** 2026-08-11

> Leads technical direction and builds scalable end-to-end software for new and existing musculoskeletal care programs. The role requires full-stack TypeScript/JavaScript experience, cloud and distributed systems expertise, and demonstrated technical leadership and mentoring.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Drive the pod's technical direction as the primary technical lead, setting the technical roadmap and making architectural and prioritization decisions.
- Lead the technical design and delivery of new MSK programs, building differentiated features and workflows.
- Improve the reliability, performance, and quality of newly launched programs as they scale.
- Extend shared services using NestJS, React Native, and PostgreSQL to support new programs.
- Partner with Product to translate program strategy into technical plans and surface trade-offs.
- Coordinate with engineers across partner teams to deliver cohesive member experiences.
- Champion CI/CD, testing, and monitoring practices.
- Mentor engineers and raise team engineering standards.

## Requirements
- 4+ years of non-internship, full-time professional software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of TypeScript/JavaScript experience across the stack, including Node.js/NestJS and React or React Native.
- 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS, and containerization tools.
- 2+ years of experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, distributed systems, and microservices architectures.
- 3+ years of mentoring or leading engineers and collaborating across cross-functional teams.

## Nice-to-haves
- Direct NestJS experience.
- Mobile application development experience, including React Native.
- Experience shipping products or features requiring ongoing coordination across multiple engineering teams.
- Healthcare, HIPAA, or other regulated-industry experience involving sensitive member data.
- Experience setting architecture, sequencing work, and leading a team's technical direction without formal people-management responsibility.

## Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary range: $192,000–$264,000.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Gender-affirming care, family and fertility planning tools, and travel reimbursements for unavailable healthcare.
- Traditional or Roth 401(k) options with a 2% company match.
- Learning and development stipend.
- Discounted company stock through an ESPP.
- Hybrid employees work in the office three days per week for full typical business days.

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