Staff Software Engineer, Proactive Communications

About this role

The Opportunity Join the team that is redefining how we connect with our members. Our Proactive Communications initiatives are mission-critical for driving member engagement and health outcomes, moving beyond generic notifications to create delightful interactions that guide members through their recovery journey. In this role, you will build the intelligence and infrastructure to connect with our members at the right time, with the right message, through the right channel. As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the technical architecture of our unified communications platform, collaborating with Machine Learning Scientists to orchestrate outreach across SMS, email, in-app notifications, and nudges using proprietary data and predictive models. What You'll Accomplish Architect the Communications Engine: Lead the design and scaling of a unified communications platform that orchestrates member outreach across multiple channels (SMS, email, push, in-app) with high throughput and low latency. Drive Technical Strategy: Define and guide the long-term technical roadmap for proactive outreach in partnership with product and engineering leadership, balancing immediate delivery with the flexibility to support future capabilities like Conversational AI. Integrate Intelligent Interventions: Partner with ML scientists to architect systems that integrate proprietary models into communication workflows, ensuring outreach is triggered by predictive member behaviors and needs rather than static rules. Ensure System Reliability & Scale: Optimize system performance to ensure the reliability and deliverability of member-facing messages, maintaining high standards for observability, error handling, and member privacy. Elevate Engineering Practices: Establish and evolve best practices for CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring for both software services and ML model performance in production. Mentorship & Collaboration: Mentor senior and intermediate engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence. Build strong cross-functional partnerships across Product, Design, Marketing, and Data Science. Who You Are A Technical Visionary: You excel at navigating ambiguity and can translate complex business goals into scalable, long-term technical architectures. A "Learn-it-all": You are passionate about distributed systems and ML integration, constantly seeking new ways to leverage technology (like LLMs) to solve user problems. A Force Multiplier: You don't just write code; you elevate the entire team through mentorship, code reviews, and by establishing engineering standards that reduce friction and improve quality. A Cross-Functional Partner: You thrive in a multidisciplinary environment, collaborating effectively with Data Science and Product to deliver cohesive solutions. Basic Qualifications 4+ years of non-internship full-time professional software engineering experience 2+ years of experience in Python (backend/data integration) and TypeScript/Node.js (services). 2+ years of experience with cloud platforms ( AWS preferred) and containerization tools. 2+ years of experience working in distributed systems, microservices architectures, and large-scale data processing. 2+ years of experience in mentoring and leading junior team members, collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications Communication Systems Expertise: Experience building or maintaining member-facing communication platforms (SMS, Push Notifications, Email) and familiarity with tools like Twilio, Braze, or internal notification engines. ML Integration: Experience building systems that deploy or consume ML models in production environments to drive business logic or user engagement. Conversational AI: Interest in or experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) or conversational agents as a channel for user interaction. Infrastructure as Code: Knowledge of tools like Terraform or CloudFormation. Regulated Industry Knowledge: Experience working within healthcare (HIPAA) or other highly regulated environments involving sensitive member data. About Hinge Health At Hinge Health, we’re using technology to scale and automate the delivery of healthcare – starting with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, which affect over 1.7 billion people worldwide. With an AI-powered human-centered care model, Hinge Health leverages cutting-edge technology to improve outcomes, experiences and costs to help people move beyond their pain. The platform addresses a broad spectrum of MSK care – from acute injury, to chronic pain, to post-surgical rehabilitation – through personalized, evidence-based care. As the preferred partner to 60+ health plans, PBMs and other ecosystem partners, Hinge Health is available to over 20 million people across more than 2,800 employers. The company is headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in Montreal and Bangalore. Learn more at http://www.hingehealth.com . What You’ll Love About Us Inclusive healthcare and benefits: On