About the company
Our client is a technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the product layer of a hardware-connected software platform, spanning backend services, live media delivery and user-facing applications. The role involves setting early technical direction and delivering complete features that customers can operate without engineering support.
What you'll do
- Deliver the complete user experience across a wearable device, backend services and a companion application.
- Build and tune a live media streaming pipeline that stays within strict latency limits.
- Own backend APIs and the data layer, keeping them dependable, observable and ready to scale.
- Create client applications that let users configure, oversee and get started with the product.
- Set up the deployment and release process so new builds reach devices in the field safely.
- Shape product architecture and engineering practices as the team grows.
- Act as a cross-stack generalist, tracing issues from the user interface through the backend to the device.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2 to 5 years of experience launching new products with real users, from first build onward.
- End-to-end ownership of full applications, covering backend, APIs, data layer and the client users interact with.
- Early-stage startup or founding engineer experience, or background in a similarly high-intensity engineering culture.
- Hands-on work with live audio or video delivery and other time-sensitive data paths.
- Experience integrating AI or LLM-based features into a product.
- Strong computer science or engineering foundation, or an equivalent record of shipping.
- Full-stack ability on a modern cloud stack, including TypeScript and PostgreSQL.
- Ability to make sound, scalable architectural decisions independently.
- Willingness to work on-site five days per week.
Bonus points
- Background with media-intensive platforms or performance-sensitive systems.
- Exposure to industrial settings.
- Interest in frontend, design or UX craft.
- A history of releasing apps to consumer app stores, native or cross-platform.
- Relevant big-company experience on a closely related team, combined with a builder mindset such as founding or side projects.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 240,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 2 to 5 years of experience launching products with real users from initial build through release
- End-to-end ownership of full applications, including backend, APIs, data layers, and client applications
- Early-stage startup, founding engineer, or similarly high-intensity engineering experience
- Hands-on experience with live audio or video delivery and time-sensitive data paths
- Experience integrating AI or LLM-based features into products
- Strong computer science or engineering foundation, or equivalent shipping experience
- Full-stack ability with TypeScript and PostgreSQL on a modern cloud stack
- Ability to make scalable architectural decisions independently
- Willingness to work on-site five days per week in San Francisco
- Experience with media-intensive platforms or performance-sensitive systems
- Exposure to industrial settings
- Interest in frontend, design, or UX craft
- Experience releasing native or cross-platform apps to consumer app stores
- Related experience at a large company combined with a builder mindset, such as founding or side projects
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.
