About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join a small engineering group as a hands-on full stack developer, first helping speed up user interface delivery and then shifting toward backend-heavy work. You will take responsibility for features across their whole lifecycle and help colleagues adopt AI-assisted ways of writing code.
What you'll do
- Partner with a frontend engineer to remove delivery bottlenecks and get interface improvements into production faster.
- Gradually take on more backend-oriented work, including new capabilities, infrastructure and core services.
- Drive features from initial design through release and ongoing stability, with little supervision.
- Introduce and promote effective practices for developing software with AI coding agents.
- Work alongside customer-facing engineers, researchers and founders to prototype and refine new product ideas.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly 5 years of professional software engineering experience (a range of 3 to 10 is considered), including senior full stack or comparable roles.
- A history of launching new products or substantial features from an early idea into live use, ideally in a fast-paced startup.
- Strong backend-leaning full stack skills with at least intermediate frontend ability, and the judgment to debug AI-generated code that falls short.
- Hands-on responsibility for system design, releases and operational stability.
- An assertive, opinionated approach to AI-assisted development and getting the most out of coding agents.
- A self-directed builder mindset: high ownership, little need for guidance, and flexibility when priorities change.
- Genuine interest in the company's mission and a thoughtful reason for wanting to join.
- Residence in the US or Canada and openness to periodic on-site visits to a California office, roughly one week in every six.
- Existing authorization to work in the US or Canada without sponsorship.
Bonus points
- Interest in physical systems, CAD or simulation.
- Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 275,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Remote (US or Canada)
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Approximately 5 years of professional software engineering experience, with 3 to 10 years considered
- Senior full stack or comparable software engineering experience
- Experience launching new products or substantial features from initial concept through live use
- Strong backend-oriented full stack skills with intermediate frontend ability
- Ability to debug and evaluate AI-generated code
- Hands-on experience with system design, releases, and operational stability
- Experience or strong approach to AI-assisted development and coding agents
- Self-directed builder mindset, high ownership, and flexibility with changing priorities
- Residence in the United States or Canada
- Existing authorization to work in the United States or Canada without sponsorship
- Openness to periodic on-site visits to a California office
- Interest in physical systems, CAD, or simulation
- Residence in the San Francisco Bay Area
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.
