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 the delivery of user-facing product features from first prototype through production release, working across the frontend, backend and AI-enabled functionality. Collaborate daily with company leadership and end users to decide what to build next, with a strong focus on polished, intuitive interfaces.
What you'll do
- Take ownership of product areas from discovery and design prototypes through to shipping production-quality features.
- Build across the full stack, with particular care for clear and intuitive user experiences.
- Collaborate with leadership and users to surface problems, question assumptions and prioritize the roadmap using real usage and feedback.
- Design system architecture, data models and interfaces, and decide where standard application logic or AI-driven approaches fit best.
- Shape interface and interaction design, adapting proven patterns from well-regarded products.
- Write concise product requirement documents, prototype to validate technical feasibility, and follow through on rollout, bug fixes, usability and performance.
- Try out AI tools in day-to-day engineering and operations, and turn the effective ones into shared team habits.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Background as a full-stack engineer at an early-stage company, or as a founder.
- Track record as a design-minded engineer, or time spent at companies with a strong design reputation.
- Current, hands-on full-stack development skills, including JavaScript and TypeScript.
- Well-developed taste in interface and user experience design, demonstrated through a portfolio, personal site or shipped work.
- Ease engaging with users to understand their needs and shape the flows they use.
- Ability to be in the office in New York, NY, 4 to 5 days per week.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with business-to-business AI products or a specialized domain such as finance, insurance, legal or compliance.
- Prior founding-team experience or a mix of engineering and product management work.
- For early-career candidates, a degree from a highly regarded university program.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, 4 to 5 days per week in the office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Background as a full-stack engineer at an early-stage company or as a founder
- Experience as a design-minded engineer or at companies with a strong design reputation
- Current, hands-on full-stack development skills, including JavaScript and TypeScript
- Well-developed interface and user experience design skills demonstrated through a portfolio, personal site, or shipped work
- Ability to engage with users to understand their needs and shape user flows
- Ability to work in the New York, NY office four to five days per week
- Familiarity with business-to-business AI products or specialized domains such as finance, insurance, legal, or compliance
- Prior founding-team experience or a combination of engineering and product management experience
- For early-career candidates, a degree from a highly regarded university program
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.
