Director of Engineering, App

Hims & Hers is the leading health and wellness platform, on a mission to help the world feel great through the power of better health. We are redefining healthcare by putting the customer first and delivering access to care that is affordable, accessible, and personal, from diagnosis to treatment to delivery. No two people are the same, so we provide access to personalized care designed for results. By normalizing health & wellness challenges and innovating on their solutions, we’re making better health outcomes easier to achieve. 

Hims & Hers is a public company, traded on the NYSE under the ticker symbol “HIMS.” To learn more about the brand and offerings, you can visit hims.com/about and hims.com/how-it-works . For information on the company’s outstanding benefits, culture, and its talent-first flexible/remote work approach, see below and visit www.hims.com/careers-professionals.

About the Role:

Hims & Hers is on a mission to empower people to live healthier lives. Our Customer team plays a critical role in achieving this by building cutting-edge mobile experiences that drive patient acquisition, engagement, and satisfaction.

We are hiring a Director of Engineering to lead our Mobile App team within the Core Experience group, with additional responsibility for key post-submit web experiences that drive retention and customer success. In this role, you will shape the strategy for both mobile and post-submit journeys, scale high-impact consumer experiences, and elevate our engineering culture. You will own the end-to-end vision, strategy, and execution for these platforms—leading multiple squads to deliver best-in-class experiences for millions of customers.

As Director, you will be accountable for the end-to-end vision, strategy, and execution for our mobile platform, leading multiple squads and managers to deliver best-in-class apps for our customers. You will own the long-term technology strategy, roadmap delivery, talent development, and operational excellence. This is a highly visible role that will partner with senior executives to shape the future of mobile at Hims & Hers.

You Will:

• Own the mobile engineering vision, strategy, and roadmap, ensuring alignment with company and Customer org objectives.

• Lead and scale high-performing squads, including managing engineering managers and senior ICs.

• Anticipate growth needs, evolving team structure, processes, and architecture for scale and performance.

• Drive predictable, high-quality delivery of app features and platform improvements.

• Champion architectural excellence, scalability, and maintainability, incorporating emerging technologies and best practices.

• Ensure systems meet business-critical SLAs for reliability, performance, and security.

• Oversee delivery practices, instilling Agile, Lean, and DevOps principles for continuous improvement.

• Partner with Product, Design, and Data leadership to deliver impactful, customer-centric solutions.

• Collaborate with Care, Fulfillment, AI, and Marketing teams to integrate mobile into cross-company initiatives.

• Represent app engineering in executive forums, influencing company-wide priorities and investment decisions.

• Build and retain a diverse, inclusive, and high-performance engineering culture.

• Mentor and grow engineering managers and technical leads, creating clear career pathways.

• Foster psychological safety, collaboration, and shared ownership across the organization.

You Have:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, including 3+ years of experience in a fast-paced, product-focused environment.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills—able to translate strategy into clear execution plans.

• Proven success owning a technical domain’s strategy, execution, and org health.

• Commitment to talent development, diversity, and building high-trust, high-performing teams.

• Deep expertise in modern mobile and web technologies (React Native, Typescript, iOS/Android best practices), with strong knowledge of web technologies (React, NextJS, GraphQL) a plus.

• Demonstrated experience architecting and scaling applications with a focus on performance, maintainability, and user experience.

• Strong track recor