About the company
Our client is a cybersecurity company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and maintain server-side systems, third-party integrations and data processing services for a software platform. The role covers backend engineering across a shared data layer, cloud infrastructure and production operations, with a focus on shipping quickly and resolving live issues.
What you'll do
- Build and maintain backend services and integrations with a large number of third-party software platforms.
- Design and develop core components that process large volumes of event data through streaming pipelines.
- Build data features such as scoring, outlier detection and time-series rollups within a shared multi-tenant data layer.
- Manage cloud infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, monitoring and observability.
- Ship features on a weekly cadence, debug production issues, and occasionally speak directly with customers.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience.
- Deep hands-on experience with Go and with endpoint software on desktop operating systems.
- Strong backend experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
- Experience with systems internals and platform engineering.
- A quantified record of production scale and ownership in recent work.
- High agency, with a self-directed approach, a bias for action and clear thinking.
- Ability to explain architectural decisions, not just the tasks completed.
Bonus points
- Experience running LLM-based features in production.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $160K to $200K
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Hybrid, with 3 days in-office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Deep hands-on experience with Go
- Experience with endpoint software on desktop operating systems
- Strong backend experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup
- Experience with systems internals and platform engineering
- Quantified record of production scale and ownership in recent work
- High agency and self-directed approach
- Ability to explain architectural decisions
- Experience running LLM-based features in production
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.
