About the company
Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join a small engineering group as an early hire with significant autonomy, building backend services and tooling for an AI-driven software product while also supporting existing core platform systems. The work is hands-on and mostly backend, with some exposure to frontend development.
What you'll do
- Build and extend the set of tools an AI agent can use to complete multi-step business tasks.
- Improve the quality, breadth and depth of the agent's capabilities so it delivers dependable end-to-end results.
- Combine existing tools and create new ones, such as email drafting, document completion and third-party account integrations.
- Contribute to the shared infrastructure that supports the company's other business lines.
- Own delivery from the start, ramping up quickly and working in a fast-moving, AI-assisted development workflow.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Between new graduate level and 5 years of engineering experience.
- A strong background signal, such as time at a notable startup or large technology company, or a degree from a top computer science program.
- Solid Python backend fundamentals, including APIs, async programming, databases and cloud deployment.
- Daily use of agentic coding assistants, with well-formed views on how to make agent-based systems better.
- A self-motivated, tech-lead-style approach: quick to ramp up, able to work with minimal guidance and comfortable with ambiguous scope.
Bonus points
- Full-stack experience, including TypeScript on the frontend.
- Zero-to-one startup experience with demonstrable users.
- Background in high-frequency trading or quantitative engineering.
- Genuine interest in user experience and product, not only systems.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- New York City, NY, United States
- On-site (in-person)
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Between new graduate level and 5 years of engineering experience
- Strong background signal, such as experience at a notable startup or large technology company, or a degree from a top computer science program
- Solid Python backend fundamentals, including APIs, async programming, databases, and cloud deployment
- Daily use of agentic coding assistants and well-formed views on improving agent-based systems
- Self-motivated, tech-lead-style approach with the ability to ramp up quickly, work independently, and handle ambiguous scope
- Full-stack experience, including TypeScript frontend development
- Zero-to-one startup experience with demonstrable users
- Background in high-frequency trading or quantitative engineering
- Genuine interest in user experience and product development
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.
