About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own core data infrastructure and full-stack applications as an early engineer working directly with company founders. You will design the architecture, set engineering standards and ship features quickly across web interfaces and high-volume data pipelines.
What you'll do
- Build and scale data-capture workflows across web and desktop applications, owning reliability and throughput end to end.
- Design and tune data pipelines that hold up under heavy production load.
- Establish engineering best practices and lay architectural foundations for a growing team.
- Work closely with the founders to shape product direction and deliver features quickly.
- Make greenfield infrastructure decisions covering storage, caching, search and messaging.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Strong coding fundamentals in TypeScript and Python.
- Solid grasp of distributed systems, scalability and system design.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, container orchestration, APIs and NoSQL databases.
- Ability to weigh trade-offs and balance delivery speed against reliability.
- Clear communicator with a sense of ownership, curiosity and a preference for simple solutions to complex problems.
- 0 to 4 years of relevant engineering experience.
Bonus points
- Exposure to machine learning tooling or workflows that combine automation with manual review.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 260,000 to 290,000 per year
- Equity
- Health insurance
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Strong coding fundamentals in TypeScript and Python
- Solid understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and system design
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, container orchestration, APIs, and NoSQL databases
- Ability to balance delivery speed against reliability
- Clear communication, ownership, curiosity, and preference for simple solutions
- 0 to 4 years of relevant engineering experience
- Exposure to machine learning tooling or workflows combining automation with manual review
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.
