Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
Global Placement Firm is conducting a confidential search for Senior Full Stack Software Engineers to join a rapidly growing AI healthcare technology company transforming the way hospitals recruit and hire clinical talent.
This is a high-ownership backend-leaning full-stack engineering opportunity for a developer who enjoys building from the ground up working across the entire technology stack and seeing their work move quickly from development into production.
The ideal candidate has experience in both an early-stage VC-backed startup and a larger technology organization bringing strong engineering practices while maintaining the flexibility and speed required in a startup environment.
As a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer you will own and deliver greenfield projects spanning backend development infrastructure and frontend applications.
Youll help build and scale AI-powered products that automate the healthcare recruiting lifecyclefrom candidate sourcing and screening through credentialing hiring and onboarding.
The platform is already handling thousands of candidate interactions each month and is being built to scale to millions. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-throughput systems AI applications distributed infrastructure and user-facing products while working closely with engineering leadership and the founding team.
- Own and deliver greenfield software projects across the full technology stack.
- Design build test deploy and maintain backend services infrastructure and frontend applications.
- Develop scalable systems capable of supporting growth from thousands to millions of candidate interactions.
- Build end-to-end features in a TypeScript-first development environment.
- Work extensively with serverless AWS infrastructure and modern cloud technologies.
- Develop and scale high-throughput and distributed systems designed for reliability and performance.
- Build and deploy AI-powered applications including systems leveraging LLMs and machine learning technologies.
- Establish and improve observability monitoring reliability and production engineering practices.
- Collaborate directly with the Director of Engineering and founding team on product architecture and technical strategy.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy and take ownership of projects from concept through production.
- Help establish engineering standards development practices and technical culture as an early member of the engineering organization.
- Evaluate technical tradeoffs and make pragmatic decisions in a fast-moving startup environment.
- Continuously improve existing systems as the platform scales and product requirements evolve.
- 35 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
- Strong foundation in Python and modern software engineering principles.
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript across the stack including frontend backend and infrastructure.
- Experience building and scaling high-throughput and distributed systems in production.
- Experience with observability monitoring reliability and mission-critical systems.
- At least 2 years of experience working at an early-stage VC-backed startup.
- Experience working at a larger technology company major technology organization or highly regarded technology startup.
- Experience building and deploying AI applications including LLM-powered products AI agents or machine learning pipelines.
- Strong experience with cloud infrastructure particularly AWS and serverless architectures.
- Experience taking products from initial concept through production deployment.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Engineering or a related technical field preferred.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with:
- TypeScript
- React / modern frontend development
- Python
- AWS
- Serverless architecture
- Distributed systems
- High-throughput backend services
- Infrastructure and deployment
- Observability and monitoring
- AI/LLM applications
- Machine learning pipelines
- Production-scale software systems
The ideal candidate is a high-performing hands-on senior engineer who wants significant ownership and enjoys building new products in a fast-moving environment.
You should be comfortable moving between frontend backend infrastructure and architecture rather than operating exclusively within one technical specialty.
You should also be someone who can bring the engineering discipline of a larger technology organization into an early-stage startup without becoming overly rigid or process-dependent.
- Is passionate about building products from scratch.
- Takes ownership of business and technical outcomes.
- Moves quickly while maintaining strong engineering standards.
- Is comfortable working across the full technology stack.
- Has experience scaling systems in real production environments.
- Understands the challenges of high-throughput and distributed systems.
- Is excited about AI and has hands-on experience deploying AI-powered applications.
- Works well with founders and senior technical leadership.
- Has strong technical judgment and can make decisions independently.
- Has a low-ego approach to engineering and is willing to change direction when presented with better information.
- Thrives in an environment where priorities can evolve quickly.
- Wants to see their work directly impact the business.
This is a high-velocity early-stage technology environment where engineers have significant influence over the product architecture and engineering culture.
The successful candidate will work closely with the founding team and engineering leadership and will have short feedback loops between development deployment and real-world customer usage.
Engineers are expected to be highly collaborative adaptable and comfortable taking ownership beyond narrowly defined technical assignments.
Base Salary: $180000 $220000 annually
Equity: Competitive equity package
Employment Type: Full-Time
Open Positions: 2
Location: New York City
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
In-Office Requirement: Monday through Thursday
Candidates must be based in or able to work from New York City and comfortable with the required in-office schedule.
The company is open to visa transfers including candidates currently on OPT or H-1B who are eligible for transfer.
This is an opportunity to join a rapidly scaling AI healthcare company that is using autonomous AI technology to modernize healthcare recruiting.
The platform is designed to automate significant portions of the recruiting lifecycle while helping hospitals and health systems fill critical clinical positions more efficiently.
As an early member of a growing engineering organization you will have the opportunity to:
- Build greenfield AI-powered products from the ground up.
- Work on systems scaling from thousands toward millions of interactions.
- Help shape the technical architecture of a rapidly growing platform.
- Work directly with founders and senior engineering leadership.
- Build production AI applications with real-world impact.
- Influence engineering standards and technical culture.
- Take ownership of projects that directly affect business outcomes.
- Work at the intersection of AI healthcare automation and enterprise software.
This opportunity is best suited for engineers with both startup experience and strong technical foundations.
Candidates may not be the right fit if their experience consists primarily of:
- Multiple large technology companies without meaningful startup experience.
- Remaining at an entry-level engineering position for an extended period without demonstrated growth.
- Highly specialized roles with little or no full-stack experience.
- A reluctance to work across frontend backend infrastructure and product development.
- Limited experience working in fast-moving high-ownership environments.
This position is being presented by Global Placement Firm on behalf of a confidential client. Additional client and company information will be shared with qualified candidates during the recruitment process.