About the company
Our client is a technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. A senior engineer who owns large customer deployments from initial evaluation through rollout and expansion, working directly with the client's technical teams. The role involves debugging complex software live in restricted, self-hosted environments and balancing field work with contributions to the core product.
What you'll do
- Lead one or two large, multi-month customer deployments from initial evaluation through rollout and expansion.
- Troubleshoot a Python backend and React frontend live with customer engineers across Linux, containers, networking and file systems.
- Run training sessions, track issues and document them, then close the loop once fixes ship.
- Contribute to core product work between customer escalations and pass field learnings to the product roadmap.
- Travel occasionally to customer sites.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2 to 6 years of experience in a technical role.
- A history of driving customer-facing technical projects independently from kickoff to delivery, in roles such as forward deployed engineer or early employee at a startup.
- Experience owning several technical engagements at the same time.
- Deep Linux and Unix systems skills, including hands-on container setup, container networking and network file systems.
- Strong Python skills and the ability to learn a large codebase quickly.
- Experience at a leading AI, defense or hardware startup.
- An engineering bachelor's degree from a highly ranked school.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with hardware design and verification tools and methods.
- Experience with EDA tools and CAD flows.
- Background building early-stage products or working in machine learning would be a plus.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $180K - $250K per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days in-office per week
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 2 to 6 years of experience in a technical role
- Experience independently driving customer-facing technical projects from kickoff through delivery
- Experience owning multiple technical engagements simultaneously
- Deep Linux and Unix systems skills
- Hands-on experience with container setup, container networking, and network file systems
- Strong Python skills
- Ability to learn a large codebase quickly
- Experience at a leading AI, defense, or hardware startup
- Bachelor's degree in engineering from a highly ranked school
- Familiarity with hardware design and verification tools and methods
- Experience with EDA tools and CAD flows
- Background building early-stage products or working in machine learning
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.
