About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own backend-heavy engineering work for a software platform while also shipping the user-facing pieces that make it usable. Drive projects from early design through release and ongoing refinement, with real influence over technical and product direction, in close partnership with a small engineering group and external users.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services that support a data-driven software platform.
- Refine data models and storage structures for analytical and testing information.
- Manage third-party integrations over their full lifecycle, including authentication, webhooks, data synchronization, throttling limits, retries, monitoring and production support.
- Carry features from planning and build to release, observation and iteration.
- Partner with customers as needed to understand their environments, troubleshoot problems and shape one-off requests into reusable product capabilities.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience working at both a large organization and a very small early-stage company, with genuine ownership of your work.
- Professional experience building applications with TypeScript.
- Comfort working on both client-side and server-side code, with Python a plus.
- A history of delivering production software for business customers.
- A degree in computer science or a closely related discipline.
- Current US work authorization (citizen, green card, or OPT with multiple years remaining).
Bonus points
- Experience as a founder or participation in hackathons.
- Prior exposure to LLM-based systems, or to evaluation and quality assurance work.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 200,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Experience working at both a large organization and a very small early-stage company
- Professional experience building applications with TypeScript
- Experience working on both client-side and server-side code
- History of delivering production software for business customers
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a closely related discipline
- Current US work authorization as a citizen, green card holder, or OPT holder with multiple years remaining
- Experience with Python
- Founder experience or participation in hackathons
- Exposure to LLM-based systems or evaluation and quality assurance work
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.
