Director of Engineering

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October 31

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ThalamusGME

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Founded in December of 2013 and based in Santa Clara, California, Thalamus is the premiere, web-based, digital interviewing software specifically designed for application to graduate medical education (GME) training programs. Created by an anesthesiology residency applicant (now resident) and anesthesiology residency program director, Thalamus provides a comprehensive online interview reservation and travel experience via a real-time scheduling system – online and mobile.

11 - 50 employees

Founded 2013

📋 Description

• 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 the team prioritize technical debt and evolve engineering practices • Participate in hiring, onboarding, and cultivating a strong engineering culture

🎯 Requirements

• 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

🏖️ Benefits

• grant of stock options