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Hinge HealthHinge HealthSan Francisco, CA

Senior Engineering Manager - Brain Health

Leads engineering team building agentic AI for pain reprocessing therapy and mindfulness, including conversational bots and education platforms. Requires 5+ years managing ML teams, hands-on NLP/ML expertise, and cross-functional collaboration in healthcare AI.

251k – 377k/yr
Hybrid5+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Build next-generation therapeutic AI agents that deliver personalized pain reprocessing and mindfulness interventions, ensuring clinical efficacy while maintaining engaging, empathetic user experiences.
  • Architect and scale a unified education platform that intelligently serves pain science content, tracks learning progress, and personalizes pathways to build member confidence in movement.
  • Develop the technical strategy for brain health initiatives, ensuring alignment between technological capabilities and therapeutic best practices in partnership with product and clinical stakeholders.
  • Design robust AI architectures for conversational therapy bots that maintain context over multiple sessions and adapt therapeutic approaches based on member progress.
  • Establish MLOps practices specific to mental health AI, including model monitoring for therapeutic effectiveness, safety guardrails, and compliance with healthcare standards.
  • Drive innovation in NLP and affective computing to enhance the therapeutic alliance between AI agents and members.
  • Build cross-functional partnerships with content creators, clinical psychologists, and data scientists to create a comprehensive brain health ecosystem.

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience managing teams of 5+ technologists (mix of engineers and ML researchers/scientists)
  • 5+ years of experience building and deploying ML/NLP solutions at scale (thousands to millions of DAU)
  • Experience with conversational AI, dialogue systems, or chatbot development

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or higher in Machine Learning, Computational Psychology, or a related field
  • 3+ years of experience developing conversational or agentic AI systems using LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, LLaMA), including techniques such as prompt engineering, RAG, fine-tuning, or reinforcement learning
  • Proven understanding of responsible AI and ethical model design, particularly within healthcare or sensitive data environments
  • Experience building or deploying digital mental health or therapeutic AI applications, with familiarity in CBT, DBT, or other evidence-based modalities
  • Working knowledge of mental health privacy regulations (HIPAA, state-specific laws) and secure data practices
  • Proficiency in modern development and ML infrastructure (Python, TypeScript, Node.js/NestJS, vector databases, LangChain, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS services like Bedrock/SageMaker, and CI/CD pipelines)

Skills

Machine LearningNLPConversational AILLMsPrompt EngineeringRAGFine-TuningReinforcement LearningMLOpsPythonTypeScriptNode.jsNestjsKubernetes
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