About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Manage a backend engineering group while staying close to the technical work, splitting time between coaching people and shaping system design. Set the direction for server-side services and work with colleagues in product, data, infrastructure and front-end functions.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach and grow a group of backend engineers.
- Run planning, prioritization and delivery with a focus on dependable, scalable systems.
- Set the technical direction for backend services and interfaces so they remain secure, fast and easy to maintain.
- Turn product needs into sound backend designs alongside product and front-end partners.
- Work with data scientists to deploy models and connect decisioning logic into services and workflows.
- Partner with infrastructure engineers on reliability, monitoring and developer tooling.
- Guide architecture choices and the long-term evolution of the platform.
- Set expectations for code quality, testing and operational discipline.
- Take part in incident response and make sure services meet agreed performance commitments.
- Recruit, mentor and develop engineers while keeping hiring standards high.
- Encourage a culture of ownership, accountability and steady improvement.
- Step in on code and technical problem-solving when the team needs it.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A strong engineering background with hands-on experience building customer-facing, API-based business software at scale.
- Capacity to lead a large team that includes senior technical staff, spending about half your time on people management and half on technical work such as reviews and design.
- Several years of experience as an engineering manager for backend or platform teams, including setting strategy and roadmaps.
- A record of taking on difficult problems and growing teams and systems in early-stage or scaling companies.
- Excellent communication, with the ability to discuss technical topics in depth and explain them plainly to non-technical colleagues.
- A steady career history, with roles typically lasting around 2.5 years or longer.
- Comfort with Golang or Python and a relational database such as PostgreSQL.
Bonus points
- Experience in companies where data is the main offering.
- Background in financial technology.
- Exposure to security or fraud prevention products.
- Prior experience as a founder or senior technology leader in a small organization.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 260,000 per year
- Equity
- Health insurance for you and your dependents
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
Location and work model
- Remote (US)
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Strong engineering background building customer-facing, API-based business software at scale
- Experience leading a large engineering team that includes senior technical staff
- Several years of experience as a backend or platform engineering manager
- Experience setting engineering strategy and roadmaps
- Track record solving difficult problems and growing teams and systems in early-stage or scaling companies
- Excellent communication skills, including explaining technical topics to non-technical colleagues
- Stable career history, with roles typically lasting around 2.5 years or longer
- Comfort with Golang or Python
- Experience with a relational database such as PostgreSQL
- Experience at a company where data is the main offering
- Background in financial technology
- Exposure to security or fraud prevention products
- Prior experience as a founder or senior technology leader in a small organization
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.
