# Principal Engineer (Fullstack/Backend)

Hiring organization: [Hims and Hers](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/hims-and-hers)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/81c39799-cd71-41ae-9cba-e128a46864fa

Listed on Hims and Hers's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Principal
- Location: US Remote
- Remote: yes
- Salary: 290000 – 330000 USD per year

## Summary

A Principal Engineer role leading architectural strategy and technical direction across Hims & Hers' platform. This suits experienced backend engineers who excel at setting technical vision, mentoring senior leaders, and aligning complex systems with business goals at an organizational scale.

_Our summary, not Hims and Hers's wording._

## Skills named

Amazon Web Services (AWS), CircleCI, Datadog, Docker, GitHub, Go, GraphQL, Java, Kotlin, Kubernetes, Next.js, React

## Required

- 15+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Deep architectural expertise with production backend systems at scale
- Proven track record influencing technical strategy at group or organizational level
- Backend technology proficiency in Kotlin, Java, or Go
- Full-stack capability with modern frontend frameworks
- Experience scaling shared infrastructure across multiple teams
- Proficiency with CI/CD workflows and cloud infrastructure
- Experience translating customer and clinical needs into technical solutions
- Ability to drive architectural clarity and strategic technical alignment
- Track record improving developer experience and system sustainability
- Exceptional communication and cross-functional influence skills
- Experience coaching and growing senior engineering talent

## Nice to have

- Experience with observability tools like Datadog

Apply on Hims and Hers's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hims-and-hers/edf6e456-3abb-4a31-98e8-0dc6a12765fa/application