Staff Engineer, AI-Assisted Engineering Practices
hims & hers · United States · 1 mo ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringFull-time
About the role
We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer who is passionate about using AI to enhance engineering productivity. This role involves designing, prototyping, and applying AI-assisted development techniques, collaborating with product and platform teams, and scaling successful AI-driven workflows.
Responsibilities
- Apply AI-assisted development techniques to real-world product and platform challenges, such as code generation, test creation, static analysis, or dependency refactoring.
- Work with product engineers, DevOps, and the Development Platform team to integrate AI-driven workflows into existing systems and processes.
- Translate proven techniques into reusable platform services, SDKs, and frameworks that accelerate adoption across the entire engineering organization.
- Partner with product engineering teams focused on high-impact efforts (e.g., codebase modernization, performance refactors, or CI/CD workflow automation) to demonstrate how AI can transform velocity and reliability.
- Mentor and influence engineers on the effective and responsible use of AI in day-to-day development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Contribute to the technical strategy for integrating AI into our developer platform, engineering practices, and long-term product delivery roadmap.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including technical leadership across squads or groups.
- Strong hands-on coding skills and experience delivering production systems across complex codebases.
- Backend or fullstack expertise in one or more of the following: backend technologies (Node.js, Kotlin, Java, Python, Go), frontend technologies (React, TypeScript, Next.js), or mobile (React Native, Swift, Kotlin/Android).
- Demonstrated success using AI tools to improve engineering productivity, such as: AI-assisted code generation or review, automated test authoring and analysis, intelligent refactoring or code quality tooling, workflow orchestration with frameworks like LangChain, MCP, or similar pipelines.
- Experience with CI/CD workflows, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes), and developer platform tooling.
- Proven ability to set and elevate standards for system design, code quality, and operational excellence.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills — you elevate others through partnership and shared learning.
Qualifications
- Care deeply about code quality, developer experience, and continuous improvement.
Skills
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Experience with agile methodologies and iterative development.
Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity compensation for full-time roles.
- Unlimited PTO, company holidays, and quarterly mental health days.
- Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental & vision, and parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
- 401k benefits with employer matching contribution.
- Offsite team retreats.
Pay
Competitive salary and equity compensation for full-time roles.
Schedule
Full-time position.