Thalamus is the market leader in graduate medical education recruitment technology, empowering over 8,000 residency and fellowship programs at 800+ health systems and all new physicians throughout the US annually. As we expand beyond GME into broader physician recruitment, our unique dataset—spanning the full profiles of residency/fellowship applicants and programs—positions us to revolutionize hiring in healthcare through AI/ML and data-driven insights. This furthers our mission to ensure the right doctor ends up at the right hospital to treat the right patients.
The Gateway team builds and maintains the integration infrastructure that connects Thalamus products to each other and to third-party systems. As a Senior Full Stack Engineer, you’ll work across the stack to design and implement APIs, services, and data pipelines that power secure, reliable, and scalable data exchange. You’ll also contribute to frontend development in Angular for user-facing components tied to our integration workflows. You’ll collaborate closely with internal engineering teams, product managers, and customer-facing stakeholders to enable seamless feature development across our platform.
What You Will Achieve
Design, build, ship, and troubleshoot scalable full-stack applications and services using Node.js, Express.js, PostgreSQL, Angular, and cloud technologies to power APIs, data pipelines, and integrations between internal platforms and third-party services.
Collaborate closely with engineering peers to develop scalable systems for secure and reliable data exchange.
Enable downstream teams by providing integration support, test data scaffolding, and technical guidance for features that depend on shared data flows.
Actively participate in diagnosing and resolving production issues, including customer-reported problems related to integration services, in partnership with support and product teams.
You Should Have
Proficiency in JavaScript and TypeScript, with hands-on experience building backend services using Node.js.
Experience building frontend applications in Angular, including component design and state management.
Experience working with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases, including schema design and query optimization.
Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure and services (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure) used to build and scale APIs and integrations.
Demonstrated experience handling high-throughput data ingestion and processing pipelines.
Experience designing, documenting, and integrating RESTful APIs in production systems.
Comfortable collaborating across distributed teams and time zones using Slack, GitHub, and video conferencing.
7+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally with exposure to platform or integration-heavy environments.
Solid debugging and troubleshooting skills, especially in production environments.
Interest in AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices like observability, continuous delivery, and automated testing.
Bonus
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Exposure to the healthcare, SaaS, or recruitment tech space
The salary range for this position is $140,000 - $170,000 and a grant of stock options. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and geographic location.
Thalamus is a mission-driven organization centered on the belief that our company should model what we want of the US healthcare system, that the diversity of providers aligns with patient populations. We believe this is best achieved by building a team with a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, and experiences, including “distance traveled.” Thalamus is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status (including registered domestic partnership status), sex and gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), gender identity and gender expression (including transgender individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they identify), age, sexual orientation, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, and any other consideration protected by federal, state, or local law. We encourage those who really want to make an impact and who exemplify our core values to apply for our open positions.
Actual base salary offered will be determined by: experience, skills, and work location. This range is for base salary, our total compensation includes equity and benefits. We welcome you to apply even if your expectations are outside our listed range.
Thalamus is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures and throughout employment. If you need assistance or any accommodation, please let us know.
Thalamus does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies without a fully executed recruitment agreement in place. In the absence of such agreement, Thalamus reserves the right to pursue and hire any candidates without an obligation to pay fees. Agencies are requested not to contact Thalamus hiring managers or employees regarding recruiting services.
*This position is based in the United States, and you must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
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