About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take full ownership of a product area from planning through release, working across frontend and backend code on conversational automation features. Shape what gets built by working directly with users alongside a small, co-located team.
What you'll do
- Own a core product domain from roadmap through production delivery.
- Decide what to build by speaking with users, distilling their feedback and releasing features without a dedicated product manager.
- Build and tune conversational automation across voice, text and email channels, with attention to low latency and persistent conversation context.
- Set the architecture and quality standards for non-deterministic systems, including evaluation, versioning, safeguards and monitoring for drift.
- Work across web frontends, backend services and Python-based real-time services, releasing to production frequently.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 3 to 8 years of engineering experience, including launching a brand-new product from scratch in an early-stage company, as a founder, or inside an innovation group at a large technology firm.
- Ability to make sound product calls independently and comfort talking with users.
- Depth in at least one area: production conversational agents, long-running agent state or memory, multi-sided or marketplace products, or agent evaluation and safeguards.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, including Node.js and React.
- Hands-on experience building real products with large language model APIs or agent SDKs, beyond tutorials or thin wrappers.
- Python experience for real-time audio pipelines or evaluation tooling.
- Strong product sense and comfort with ambiguity.
Bonus points
- Prior experience founding a company that gained real traction.
- Computer science degree from a strong program, especially for candidates with 3 to 4 years of experience.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Equity
- Performance bonus
- Medical, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 3 to 8 years of engineering experience
- Experience launching a brand-new product from scratch in an early-stage company, as a founder, or within an innovation group at a large technology firm
- Ability to make sound product decisions independently and comfort speaking with users
- Depth in at least one area: production conversational agents, long-running agent state or memory, multi-sided or marketplace products, or agent evaluation and safeguards
- Proficiency in TypeScript, including Node.js and React
- Hands-on experience building real products with large language model APIs or agent SDKs
- Python experience for real-time audio pipelines or evaluation tooling
- Strong product sense and comfort with ambiguity
- Prior experience founding a company that gained real traction
- Computer science degree from a strong program, especially for candidates with 3 to 4 years of experience
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.
