Backend Software Engineer

Posted 4 Days Ago
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New York, NY, USA
In-Office
185K-250K Annually
Mid level
Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Build and own backend services and core platform features while contributing to product management, UX, user research, and customer onboarding. Research and ship applied AI capabilities, reduce technical debt, and work directly with senior leadership on product direction. The role requires strong ownership, product judgment, customer engagement, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced healthcare technology startup.
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About the company

Our client is a healthcare technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and own backend software for a software platform, while also shaping the product itself by talking to users, deciding what to build and shipping it without detailed direction. Work daily with senior leadership at an early-stage company, moving quickly and applying current AI tooling.

What you'll do

- Build backend services and core features across a software platform.

- Take on product management, design and user research duties, including speaking with customers and deciding what to build and how.

- Reduce technical debt and ease customer onboarding so sales efforts can keep moving.

- Research, experiment with and ship applied AI capabilities at a fast pace.

- Work directly with senior company leaders on product direction and delivery.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field such as EECS.

- About 2 to 7 years of professional experience, with practical experience mattering more than school.

- Strong backend engineering skills, ideally in early-stage or fast-scaling environments.

- Real product and UX judgment, with the ability to understand users and ship without step-by-step direction.

- Daily use of AI tools to build products.

- Fast learner who wants significantly more ownership than a current role provides.

- Genuine motivation to work on problems in healthcare and to thrive at startup speed.

Bonus points

- Background at a startup, from early stage through later growth stage.

- Experience at a top-tier large technology company, paired with a clear motivation to join an early-stage team.

- Roughly a year of product management experience alongside engineering.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 185,000 to 250,000 per year

- Equity

- Insurance coverage

Location and work model

- New York, NY, United States

- On-site, in office

- Full-time

Skills Required

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field such as EECS
  • About 2 to 7 years of professional experience
  • Strong backend engineering skills
  • Experience in early-stage or fast-scaling environments
  • Product and UX judgment, including understanding users and shipping independently
  • Daily use of AI tools to build products
  • Ability to learn quickly and take significant ownership
  • Motivation to work on healthcare problems and thrive at startup speed
  • Startup experience from early stage through later growth stage
  • Experience at a top-tier large technology company
  • Approximately one year of product management experience alongside engineering
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The Company
28 Employees
Year Founded: 2021

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.

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