About the company
Our client is a technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of a high-value software product, shaping its backend services and the user-facing screens that sit on top of them. The work blends hands-on engineering with experimentation, metric-setting and regular partnership with colleagues from several business functions.
What you'll do
- Lead a core product from concept through production, building automation that removes manual steps from a multi-stage workflow.
- Write dependable server-side code, mainly in Java, and contribute user interface work that makes progress and results easy to see.
- Use controlled experiments to lift automation rates and success rates, and set the measures that show whether changes are paying off.
- Keep the platform healthy by choosing solid designs, writing tests, adding monitoring and aiming for minimal downtime.
- Partner with product, data, operations and support teammates so that customer input becomes concrete technical improvements.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally at a leading technology company.
- A history of delivering large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed services.
- Background in workflow automation, system integrations or payment and dispute processing.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline.
- Deep working knowledge of Java for server-side development.
- Senior-level ability to design systems and make architectural decisions.
- Comfort contributing on both the server side and the user interface.
- Skill at explaining engineering trade-offs in plain language to colleagues outside engineering.
- Current US work authorization and availability to work on-site five days a week in Seattle.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 167,000 to 230,000 per year
- Equity
- Annual performance bonus
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Disability and life insurance
- Retirement plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid holidays and parental leave
Location and work model
- Seattle, WA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience delivering large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed services
- Background in workflow automation, system integrations, or payment and dispute processing
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline
- Deep working knowledge of Java for server-side development
- Senior-level system design and architectural decision-making ability
- Ability to contribute to both server-side and user interface development
- Ability to explain engineering trade-offs to non-engineering colleagues
- Current US work authorization
- Availability to work on-site five days per week in Seattle
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.
