About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as an early engineer with broad ownership of a software product, spanning conventional application work and AI-driven components. Partner closely with engineering leadership and with end users to build, rework and improve key areas of the product.
What you'll do
- Deliver new product capabilities from data layer through server logic to user interface.
- Create and refine AI-powered agent functionality within the product.
- Redesign and take responsibility for central product areas such as user onboarding.
- Support customers by email, chat and live calls, troubleshooting problems and learning how the product gets used.
- Contribute to establishing how the team plans and ships product work.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong skills in Python, with solid experience in React and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
- Has shipped an LLM-powered or agent-style system to production and can walk through its design, behavior and validation.
- Real interest in owning the entire codebase rather than only the AI-focused parts.
- Comfort supporting customers directly.
- Ability to work on-site in San Francisco, with occasional remote days.
- US citizenship is required.
Bonus points
- Time spent at an early-stage startup where responsibilities were wide-ranging.
- Ability to clearly justify technical decisions on tooling, design and testing.
- Background in a compliance-heavy sector.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, with occasional remote days
- Full-time
Skills Required
- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong Python skills
- Solid experience with React
- Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure
- Experience shipping an LLM-powered or agent-style system to production
- Interest in owning the entire codebase, not only AI-focused components
- Comfort supporting customers directly
- Ability to work on-site in San Francisco with occasional remote days
- US citizenship
- Early-stage startup experience
- Ability to justify technical decisions involving tooling, design, and testing
- Experience in a compliance-heavy sector
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.
