Senior Software Engineer

Hinge Health

. Deliver large projects across billing and financial workflows, often acting as a maintainer for key code repositories .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSenior💰 $157,400 - $217,800 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in delivering large-scale software projects, designing and operating reliable APIs and data models, and improving financial systems' maintainability and performance. Proficient in mentoring junior engineers and collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to drive technical strategy.

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Software Development ExperienceAPI Design and DevelopmentRelational Database ManagementMentoring Junior EngineersExperience with Financial Systems

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Hard Skills

GolangPythonJavaJavaScriptAPI DevelopmentData ModelingAsynchronous WorkflowsDistributed SystemsEvent-Driven ArchitecturesContinuous Deployment

Soft Skills

Cross-Functional CollaborationTechnical CommunicationProblem-SolvingMentorshipKnowledge Sharing

Tools & Technologies

GRPCPostgresRedisTemporalAWSDeveloper ToolingOperational RunbooksAI Technologies

Industry Keywords

Billing SystemsPaymentsRevenue ManagementAccountingClaims ProcessingData IntegrityObservabilityIncident Response

Tech Stack

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AWSCloudDistributed SystemsGRPCJavaJavaScriptPostgresPythonRedisSDLCTypeScriptGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver large projects across billing and financial workflows, often acting as a maintainer for key code repositories
Design and evolve reliable services, APIs, and data models for revenue-critical systems, including billing flows, payment-model changes, payer integrations, and financial data movement
Establish clear data ownership, durable workflows, idempotent processing, strong validation, and actionable audit and operational signals
Break down complex, cross-functional problems into manageable tasks and identify and resolve root causes of incidents and data discrepancies
Collaborate with Product, Finance, Operations, Data, and partner engineering teams to define requirements and roadmap technical strategy
Improve maintainability, availability, performance, and observability of financial systems, including developer tooling and operational runbooks
Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, pairing, design feedback, and knowledge sharing
Communicate technical ideas clearly and document decisions and workflows
Integrate and leverage AI technologies to automate engineering and operational processes and enhance product capabilities
Participate in the team’s weekly on-call rotation
Architect and implement end-to-end solutions, well-tested and performant APIs, and durable data models
Profile systems to stay ahead of scaling bottlenecks and participate in code reviews
Support systems in production through continuous deployment and owner-operator practices

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience, in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
5+ years of non-internship, full-time professional software development experience
4+ years of experience with at least one programming language
4+ years of experience across the full software development life cycle, from design through production support
Experience delivering large software projects or features in a production environment
Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Golang, Python, Java, or JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience designing and operating backend services, APIs, data models, and asynchronous or distributed workflows
Experience working with relational databases and integrations where data integrity, failure handling, and observability are important
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional partners and communicate technical trade-offs clearly
Preferred: Experience building billing, payments, revenue, accounting, claims, or other financial systems
Preferred: Familiarity with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration, and scalable cloud services
Preferred: Experience with Golang, Python, gRPC, Postgres, Redis, Temporal, AWS
Preferred: Experience improving data quality, operational visibility, incident response, or developer tooling for critical systems
Preferred: Experience mentoring or onboarding junior engineers
Preferred: Experience with AI technologies for software design, coding assistance, or process automation
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Must be located in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area
Must be willing to work from the San Francisco office 3 days a week, for the full 8 hours of a typical business day

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