About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of backend and infrastructure systems, building services from scratch and gradually taking over areas currently handled by a senior engineer. The role suits someone who ships quickly, makes sound technical decisions and works closely with customers and the team.
What you'll do
- Take full ownership of core backend services within the first few months.
- Build and scale infrastructure for running sandboxed workloads, gateways and task orchestration.
- Ship features to customers quickly, gather their feedback and iterate within days.
- Make technical decisions independently and defend them within the team.
- Reduce the team's dependence on its most senior engineer by taking over backend areas.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Strong backend and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Experience designing and building production systems from zero to one.
- Hands-on experience with AWS, networking and containers.
- Solid database skills, such as Postgres.
- A strong track record of working autonomously and shipping fast with a focus on customer impact.
- Clear communication of technical reasoning in spoken and written English.
- 3 to 7 years of professional experience, with 5 or more years preferred.
- Prior experience at a fast-growing early-stage startup.
- Currently working as a hands-on individual contributor, with a most recent role at a startup.
- Daily use of coding agents.
Bonus points
- Some hands-on work with isolated execution environments or API routing layers for automated software.
- Prior experience as a founding engineer more than once.
- Working knowledge of the tools software developers rely on day to day.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, five days a week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Strong backend and distributed systems fundamentals
- Experience designing and building production systems from zero to one
- Hands-on experience with AWS, networking, and containers
- Solid database skills, such as Postgres
- Strong record of working autonomously and shipping quickly with customer impact
- Clear spoken and written English communication
- 3 to 7 years of professional experience
- 5 or more years of professional experience
- Prior experience at a fast-growing early-stage startup
- Currently working as a hands-on individual contributor, with the most recent role at a startup
- Daily use of coding agents
- Hands-on experience with isolated execution environments or API routing layers for automated software
- Prior experience as a founding engineer more than once
- Working knowledge of tools used by software developers day to day
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.
