Senior Fullstack Engineer

Torch Dental; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early-stage equity

401(k) Empower plan

Health and dental insurance (Aetna)

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Onsite kitchen

Job summary

Torch Dental is seeking a Senior Fullstack Engineer who leans frontend to help build our AI-powered Revenue Cycle Management product and the Marketplace. You will spend most of your time crafting fast, intuitive React/TypeScript experiences for dental practices, while owning features end-to-end across the stack.

You’ll collaborate with product and business stakeholders, ship clean interfaces, and apply rigorous coding practices.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering with a strong frontend focus.
• Deep expertise in React and TypeScript.
• Solid UI fundamentals—layout, performance, and state management.
• Hands-on experience with TanStack Router and TanStack Query.
• Backend range to build and maintain Python/FastAPI endpoints.
• Strong product sense and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Build fast, well-structured frontend experiences in React and TypeScript.
• Own features end-to-end—from components to API integration.
• Contribute to backend APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into clean interfaces.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering standards.
• Mentor other engineers and advocate frontend quality.
• Navigate two frontend contexts: a React/TypeScript SPA and a Django server-rendered marketplace.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Frontend focus

UI fundamentals

TanStack Router

TanStack Query

Python

FastAPI

Code reviews

Mentor engineers

Tools

Django

FastAPI

Job description

About Us

Torch Dental is a high-growth startup on a mission to empower healthcare providers starting with the $100B+ dental market. We’re building a new AI powered Revenue Cycle Management product from the ground up to transform how dental practices get paid. Insurance claims today involve significant manual work across follow up, payment posting, and reconciliation. We believe much of that work can be automated, and we’re building the product to make that possible. We also operate a Marketplace that modernizes dental supply procurement with transparent pricing and a seamless online purchasing experience.

Backed by $50M+ from premier investors like Bessemer, American Express, Health Velocity Capital and Felicis, we are a mission-driven team dedicated to solving tangible problems for small business owners. We prioritize customer obsession and a bias for action, fostering a collaborative culture where every engineer is encouraged to take ownership and deliver meaningful impact.

The Role

We’re looking for a Senior Fullstack Engineer who leans frontend to build our RCM product while also contributing to our established Marketplace. You’ll spend the majority of your time building the experiences dental practice owners and their teams use every day, while owning features end to end across the stack.

We care deeply about customers and the product experience. You’ll work closely with product, business stakeholders, and other engineers to understand customer problems, shape solutions, and ship experiences that feel simple and intuitive.

We expect AI to be part of how you build. Project planning , driving implementation with coding agents, and reviewing output with the same rigor you’d apply to a teammate’s pull request. Our interview process reflects this. During the onsite, you’ll build on your own laptop using your own AI tools and setup, so we can see how you actually work.

Key Responsibilities

• Build fast, well-structured frontend experiences in React and TypeScript

• Own features end-to-end - from component and state management through API integration and deployment.

• Contribute to backend APIs using Python and FastAPI

• Collaborate with product and business stakeholders to translate requirements into clean, usable interfaces

• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering standards

• Mentor other engineers and advocate for frontend quality across the team

• Navigate two distinct frontend contexts - our RCM product is a React/TypeScript SPA; our Marketplace app is Django server-rendered with bundled JS

What We’re Looking For

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong frontend focus

• Deep expertise in React and TypeScript

• Solid understanding of UI fundamentals - layout, performance, and state management

• Hands-on experience with TanStack Router and TanStack Query (or strong opinions about routing and data fetching you’re ready to apply)

• Backend range to build and maintain Python/FastAPI endpoints and data models

• Strong instincts for product quality, strong attention to detail and judgement to around implementation decisions

• Familiarity with coding agents and can articulate where they work well, where they fail, and how their workflow has evolved around them

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with payment flows, billing systems, or insurance-adjacent products

• Familiarity with Zod and schema-driven API clients

• Familiarity with TanStack Router and TanStack Query (our RCM product’s stack)

• Background in B2B SaaS or workflow-heavy products

• Healthcare or dental industry experience

Compensation and Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including early-stage equity

• 401(k) retirement plans through Empower

• Comprehensive health and dental insurance via Aetna

• Flexible time off policy for all employees

• Paid leave for new parents

• Fully provisioned kitchen for our onsite team

• A vibrant, collaborative culture featuring team events and celebrations of our collective milestones