Director of Engineering

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Thalamus . 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. We are expanding beyond GME into broader physician recruitment, leveraging our unique dataset to revolutionize hiring in healthcare through AI / ML and data-driven insights.

About The Role

Our core team builds and maintains the foundational systems that power Thalamus's flagship application—from authentication and permissions to scheduling engines, video interviewing, service orchestration, and application workflows. We need a hands-on Director of Engineering who can lead by combining strategic direction with hands-on technical leadership. This is a player-coach role, ideal for a seasoned engineering leader who remains deeply involved in code, architecture, and delivery while scaling multiple teams.

What You Will Achieve

Lead and scale a team of engineers, including two offshore teams, supporting their development and career growth.

Set and maintain high standards for code quality, system design, and architectural decisions.

Serve as both strategic leader and hands-on technical contributor : architect key systems, contributing directly to planning, coding, reviews, and production support.

Define and execute the technical roadmap for Core Engineering, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment with company goals.

Collaborate closely with other engineering team leads, product managers, and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable, and performant services.

Develop and mentor senior engineers to drive high performance and technical depth across the team.

Ensure platform reliability, observability, and availability across core systems.

Own the operational health of core systems, driving improvements in uptime, performance, and cost efficiency; help prioritize technical debt and evolve engineering practices.

Participate in hiring, onboarding, and cultivating a strong engineering culture.

You Should Have

10+ years of software engineering experience, including 6+ years in a technical leadership or engineering management role, ideally in a high-growth or cross-functional environment.

Strong hands-on experience building frontend applications using Angular and TypeScript, and backend development with Node.js and .NET (strongly preferred).

Track record of balancing strategic leadership with individual technical contribution in a startup or high-growth environment.

Demonstrated success mentoring engineers, leading performance reviews, and supporting career development.

Familiarity with infrastructure as code, CI / CD pipelines, and monitoring tooling.

Demonstrated ability to lead Agile teams and implement effective SDLC practices.

Experience designing and building distributed systems, APIs, and core platform components.

Strong understanding of system design, performance optimization, and architectural trade-offs.

Familiarity with modern DevOps principles and managing applications in a cloud environment.

Excellent communication and collaboration skills; comfortable operating cross-functionally and influencing at all levels.

Experience with service-oriented or event-driven architecture.

Bonus

Prior experience in a startup or growth-stage environment.

Exposure to health tech, HR tech, or regulated domains.

Compensation

The salary range for this position is $220,000 – $250,000, plus a grant of stock options. Final compensation will be determined based on experience, skills, and geographic location.

Our Commitment

Thalamus is a mission-driven organization centered on the belief that our company should model what we want of the US healthcare system. 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 want to make an impact and who exemplify our core values to apply for our open positions. 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. You must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

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