About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own backend services for a software platform, working across data flows, APIs and background processing. You will partner with senior engineers and take on real features from the start with growing independence.
What you'll do
- Take backend features from design to release, including data handling, service interfaces and asynchronous jobs.
- Build dependable processing pipelines that cope with messy, unpredictable inputs.
- Apply sound security practices such as restricted access, customer data separation and audit trails.
- Weigh long-term design against fast delivery, making sensible technical debt decisions with input from senior colleagues.
- Collaborate with backend, product and infrastructure peers to convert loosely defined requests into clear technical plans.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly 1 to 3 years building and releasing backend software in production, or a standout recent graduate with a strong project portfolio.
- Strong grounding in services, APIs, data modeling and infrastructure that prioritizes reliability, monitoring and performance.
- Hands-on experience delivering a substantial project, professional or personal, and an appreciation of what it takes to move from prototype to dependable system.
- Comfort with a high-ownership setting where you drive work forward with growing autonomy.
- Ability to work in the office 4 days per week.
- Willingness to help across the stack while staying backend-focused.
Bonus points
- Experience running and evaluating complex automated pipelines in production.
- Prior work alongside full-stack teams.
- Awareness of enterprise-level security expectations.
- Habit of using modern tooling throughout the development process to work faster without losing quality.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 201,000 to 240,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site, 4 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Approximately 1 to 3 years of experience building and releasing backend software in production, or a strong recent graduate project portfolio
- Strong understanding of services, APIs, data modeling, and reliable, monitored, performant infrastructure
- Hands-on experience delivering a substantial professional or personal software project
- Ability to work with growing autonomy in a high-ownership environment
- Ability to work in the office four days per week
- Willingness to contribute across the stack while remaining backend-focused
- Experience running and evaluating complex automated pipelines in production
- Experience working alongside full-stack teams
- Awareness of enterprise-level security expectations
- Use of modern development tooling to improve speed and quality
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
