What You'll Accomplish
In your first 3 months:
- Build deep trust with your team of ~8 engineers
- Embed yourself in the React Native (Phoenix) codebase and BFF layer
- Establish rhythm with PM and Design partners
- Audit current SDUI migration plan, identify risks
- Sequence team's experiment backlog with clear owners and dates
In your first 6 months:
- Drive SDUI migration to completion
- Stand up rigorous experimentation framework (card ordering, layout variants, content strategies)
In your first year:
- Make Today tab a meaningful daily pull for members
- Turn Explore into high-intent "second session" surface (Favorites, content discovery, search, personalization)
- Own AI-native development practices (architecture docs, Claude Code skills, AI-assisted PR workflows)
- Operate as high-trust platform partner with clear extension patterns
Who You Are
- "Lead at All Levels" player-coach: Stay close to technology, contribute code, review PRs (~15% time)
- "Learn-it-all" experimenter: Run A/B tests, reason about sample sizes, interference effects
- "Accountability" operator: Translate OKRs into plans, manage requests, re-plan priorities
- "Hustle" builder: Champion AI-native development as core workflow
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years managing team of 5+ engineers in fast-paced product environment
- Strong mobile/client-side background: React Native or equivalent BFF/full-stack
- Experience owning major product surface end-to-end
- Ability to run A/B experiments and experimentation strategy
- Hands-on technical contribution as EM
Preferred Qualifications
- React Native/Phoenix depth: Large codebases, performance, app architecture
- Server-Driven UI (SDUI) experience
- AI-native practices: Cursor, Claude Code, prompting, agent review
- Platform engineering mindset
- GraphQL/Apollo: Caching, BFF patterns, mobile data fetching
Hinge Health Hybrid Model
Hybrid roles require 3 days/week in office for full 8-hour business days. San Francisco office is dog-friendly.