About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as an early, senior-level product engineer who owns features from first concept through production. Build customer-facing applications and the backend services behind them, with a focus on AI-driven automation that can be trusted. Work directly with customers to gather requirements and help shape the roadmap.
What you'll do
- Build new functionality end to end, from the backend logic to the user interface people use every day.
- Own the underlying framework that lets AI-driven automation manage context, coordinate tasks, keep state and request human sign-off on important actions.
- Develop backend APIs, third-party integrations, background jobs and data pipelines that turn messy inputs into clean, reliable data.
- Make automated AI features dependable through evaluations based on real workflows, failure tracing, recovery and escalation paths, and model choices informed by production results.
- Build polished web interfaces with React alongside the backend services that power them.
- Speak with customers, gather requirements and, where needed, take ownership of customer-specific workflows.
- Learn from production usage and contribute to the roadmap and strategic decisions.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 1 to 3 years of software engineering experience, with strength in product engineering using React and/or LLM-based applications.
- Solid fundamentals in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript, and willingness to become productive in both.
- Hands-on experience launching autonomous AI features into production, including building and debugging the supporting framework.
- Experience working across multiple model providers.
- A substantial project you can discuss in depth, including architecture, trade-offs, limitations and what you would change.
- Close attention to messy details such as missing data, duplicates, unexpected inputs and confusing user experiences.
- Founder mindset with strong ownership, agency and comfort turning vague problems into finished work.
- Good product intuition and taste, with care for the reasons behind what gets built.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers.
- Early-stage startup experience is strongly preferred.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with retrieval techniques, data modeling, and evaluation, tracing, cost and permissions practices.
- Experience as a founder or building something real.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 220,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and medical coverage
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 1 to 3 years of software engineering experience
- Product engineering experience using React and/or LLM-based applications
- Strong fundamentals in Python or JavaScript/TypeScript
- Willingness to become productive in both Python and JavaScript/TypeScript
- Hands-on experience launching autonomous AI features into production
- Experience building and debugging frameworks supporting autonomous AI features
- Experience working across multiple model providers
- A substantial project that can be discussed in depth, including architecture, trade-offs, limitations, and potential improvements
- Strong attention to missing data, duplicates, unexpected inputs, and confusing user experiences
- Founder mindset, strong ownership, agency, and ability to turn vague problems into finished work
- Good product intuition and judgment
- Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with customers
- Early-stage startup experience
- Familiarity with retrieval techniques, data modeling, and AI evaluation, tracing, cost, and permissions practices
- Experience as a founder or building something real
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.
