Founding Engineer

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San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office
175K-300K Annually
Senior level
Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Build and ship AI-driven full-stack software that automates analytical and operational workflows. Develop features across Python and TypeScript, create AI evaluation and safety tooling, and ensure system reliability. Partner with non-engineering teams, own products from concept through production, and help shape architecture and engineering culture within an early-stage team.
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About the company

Our client is an insurance company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and refine AI-driven software in a small engineering group, owning features across the stack from data models to user-facing interfaces. The work centers on automating internal analytical and operational workflows, with a focus on reliability and careful evaluation of AI behavior. The role also shapes the team's engineering practices and system design as the group grows.

What you'll do

- Build and iterate on AI-driven software that automates internal analytical and operational workflows.

- Take full-stack features from design through production across Python and TypeScript.

- Partner with non-engineering colleagues to build tools that expand their capacity and output.

- Create evaluation frameworks, safety checks and reliability tooling for AI systems where errors carry real consequences.

- Help define engineering culture and architecture as part of an early, growing engineering team.


Requirements

What we're looking for

- 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience.

- Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.

- Experience with AI engineering, such as agents, evaluations, LLM APIs or fine-tuning, or a strong interest in it.

- Full-stack or backend-focused background, with no pure frontend-only profiles considered.

- Experience owning and shipping a full-stack product end-to-end, from idea to production.

- Experience at a leading product company or venture-backed startup at staff or tech-lead scope, or having founded a company.

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field from a top-25 university.

- A humble, service-oriented attitude and a collaborative approach with colleagues outside engineering.

Bonus points

- Experience in healthcare or insurance technology.


Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: $175K - $300K

- Equity

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States or New York, NY, United States

- On-site, 5 days in-office

- Full-time

Skills Required

  • 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript
  • Experience with AI engineering, including agents, evaluations, LLM APIs, or fine-tuning, or strong interest in AI engineering
  • Full-stack or backend-focused background; pure frontend-only experience is not considered
  • Experience owning and shipping a full-stack product end-to-end from idea to production
  • Experience at a leading product company or venture-backed startup at staff or tech-lead scope, or experience founding a company
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field from a top-25 university
  • Humble, service-oriented, and collaborative approach with non-engineering colleagues
  • Experience in healthcare or insurance technology
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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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