Full-Time

Sr. Software Engineer

Full Stack

Thoughtful

Thoughtful

51-200 employees

Provides business process automation solutions

Compensation Overview

$170k - $220k/yr

+ Equity Participation

Remote in USA + 1 more

More locations: Austin, TX, USA

Remote

Category
💻Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
FastAPI
Python
JavaScript
React.js
MySQL
Postgres
TypeScript
AWS
Vue.js
Next.js
MongoDB
AngularJS
Requirements
  • Deep experience building complex, interactive UIs using React, Vue, or Angular.
  • Strong grasp of state management patterns and reactive paradigms (e.g. refs, signals, RxJS, or similar).
  • Proficiency in TypeScript and JavaScript, with clean, maintainable component architecture.
  • Familiarity with frontend performance profiling, accessibility, and design system integration.
  • Comfortable working with designers and PMs to turn wireframes and mockups into polished interfaces.
  • Proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with experience across modern backend frameworks (e.g. FastAPI, Next.js, Express).
  • Skilled in API design, including versioning, pagination, and error modeling.
  • Solid understanding of authentication and authorization protocols (OAuth, JWT, etc.).
  • Experience with relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB, DynamoDB) databases, including schema design, indexing strategies, and performance tuning.
  • Familiarity with AWS and infrastructure concepts like CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and cloud deployments.
  • Invested in setting up logging, monitoring, and alerting from day one.
  • Builds with testability in mind - unit tests, integration tests, and end-to-end test frameworks.
Responsibilities
  • Own projects across the full development lifecycle - from greenfield prototypes to scaling out mature systems.
  • Build backend services and user interfaces that are modular, testable, and ready to evolve.
  • Design for growth without overengineering, applying best practices in schema design, API modeling, and state management.
  • Partner with product, design, and other stakeholders to understand real-world needs and shape the right technical solutions.
  • Bring curiosity and humility, sharing learnings freely and pushing each other to do our best work.
Desired Qualifications
  • You know how to ship fast without creating tech debt landmines.
  • You balance product intuition with a strong technical foundation.
  • You default to clarity and modularity, especially when designing for unknowns.
  • You’ve worked at early-stage startups or launched new systems from scratch.
  • You value peer collaboration and open sharing of technical learnings.
  • You care just as much about why you're building something as how you build it.

Thoughtful Automation provides automation solutions that help businesses improve their operations by reducing costs and increasing efficiency. Their main product is a set of automation modules, which are software tools designed to handle repetitive tasks that employees typically perform. These modules can be used in various business processes, such as billing and compliance, allowing staff to concentrate on more important tasks. Thoughtful Automation serves a diverse clientele, from small businesses to large corporations, all seeking to optimize their workflows. Unlike many competitors, Thoughtful focuses on delivering cost-effective solutions that are more affordable than hiring additional staff for the same tasks. The company's goal is to enable businesses to save time and money while shifting their focus towards strategic initiatives.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$35.8M

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Recent $20 million Series A funding boosts AI-powered revenue cycle automation development.
  • Merger with SmarterDx and Access Healthcare enhances revenue management and operational workflows.
  • Strategic investment from New Mountain Capital accelerates AI adoption in healthcare RCM.

What critics are saying

  • Increased competition from Anthropic's AI agents with advanced computer control capabilities.
  • Merger integration challenges with SmarterDx and Access Healthcare may affect strategic direction.
  • Rapid decline in AI pricing could pressure Thoughtful to lower prices, impacting margins.

What makes Thoughtful unique

  • Thoughtful AI integrates seamlessly with existing RCM tech stacks for healthcare providers.
  • The company offers AI agents like CAM, EVA, and PHIL for repetitive RCM tasks.
  • Thoughtful AI combines RPA, OCR, NLP, and LLMs for comprehensive automation solutions.

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Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-6%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-3%
Yahoo Finance
May 20th, 2025
New Mountain Combines Three Companies To Create Smarter Technologies

Investment firm New Mountain Capital has merged three portfolio companies SmarterDx, Thoughtful.ai and Access Healthcare for the formation of Smarter Technologies. The integrated capabilities of the new healthcare efficiency automation platform is poised to enhance revenue management, operational workflows, and strengthen financial performance. New Mountain Capital Private Equity managing director and president Matt Holt said: “We identified the market leaders across the most important areas of agentic-AI, machine learning and clinical data, and large-scale automation in the three companies and are now combining them to create the innovation leader of the sector. “We see enormous potential for growth and an opportunity to transform the industry.” Smarter Technologies caters to over 60 hospitals and health systems, as well as more than 500,000 providers. The company handles over 400 million transactions and oversees upwards of $200bn in collective annual revenue. SmarterDx, founded in 2020, specialises in clinical AI for care quality and revenue integrity

Business Wire
Apr 11th, 2025
Thoughtful.ai Announces Growth Investment from New Mountain Capital

Thoughtful Automation Inc. (“Thoughtful.ai”), a leading artificial intelligence (AI)-powered revenue cycle automation company, today announced a strategic in...

My Mother Lode
Apr 10th, 2025
Thoughtful.ai Gains Investment from New Mountain

Thoughtful.ai, an AI-powered revenue cycle automation company, announced a strategic investment from New Mountain Capital, a firm with over $55 billion in assets under management. This investment aims to accelerate AI adoption in healthcare revenue cycle management, enhancing efficiency and patient care. The transaction is pending regulatory approval and is expected to close in Q2.

PYMNTS
Nov 3rd, 2024
Nvidia Reportedly Weighing Investment In Musk’S Xai

Nvidia is in discussions to invest in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) startup, according to published reports. Musk’s AI firm xAI is hoping to raise several billion dollars, valuing the company at around $40 billion, the New York Post reported Friday (Nov. 1). A separate report by The Information says Musk had been in discussions with tech companies and venture firms such as Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Vy Capital

PYMNTS
Oct 27th, 2024
Report: Google Exploring Ai That Can Take Over Web Browsers

Google is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) technology that can take over web browsers.The tech giant plans to show off this AI product — which carries the codename “Project Jarvis” — as soon as December, when it rolls out its next Gemini large language model, The Information reported Saturday (Oct. 26).OpenAI is working on an AI model that could conduct research by browsing the web autonomously with the help of a computer-using agent, or CUA, that can take actions based on its findings.However, the report said, Google would take the concept further with software that can directly interact with a user’s browser.PYMNTS has contacted Google for comment but has not yet received a reply.The news comes days after AI company Anthropic launched a new capability dubbed “computer use” that lets its AI interact with users’ computer screens.As reported here, this tool allows Anthropic’s AI to interpret on-screen content and, with user consent, carry out tasks such as web browsing, button clicking and text input.“This development marks a shift in AI assistance technology, as it can process real-time screen activity rather than relying on back-end application integrations,” PYMNTS wrote.In a demonstration, the system showed off its abilities by planning a morning hike near the Golden Gate Bridge, autonomously seeking out trails, checking sunrise times and creating calendar invites with detailed info about proper hiking attire.“The release comes amid growing industry interest in AI agents that can operate with minimal human oversight,” PYMNTS wrote. “While companies like Microsoft and Salesforce have recently introduced their agent tools for workplace tasks, Anthropic’s approach differs in that it focuses on direct screen interpretation rather than application-specific integration.”And as argued here in a separate report, Anthropic’s move puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google and Microsoft, which are attempting to automate routine computer tasks for businesses looking to increase productivity and reduce costs.While past AI tools have focused on text and image generation, these new agents mark an evolution toward AI systems that can actively manipulate software and carry out complex workflows with human oversight kept to a minimum.“Agentic AI is set to redefine industries over the next three years, with its ability to operate autonomously and make decisions without human intervention,” Dan Parsons, COO/CPO at Thoughtful AI, told PYMNTS.“The greatest impact will be seen in areas like system administration, operations, customer service, and complex decision-making, where AI can drastically improve efficiency, reduce costs, and unlock new levels of scalability.”For all PYMNTS AI coverage, subscribe to the daily AI Newsletter