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 engineering projects from initial design through delivery on a small team, working across the whole application. Contribute to product decisions, talk directly with users, and build features that use language models.
What you'll do
- Lead projects from design document to shipped release, covering user interface, services and data storage.
- Take part in product and design conversations and speak directly with users about what is being built.
- Build and refine application features powered by large language models, and assess the quality of their output.
- Use AI-assisted coding tools in everyday development.
- Work closely with fellow engineers, product leadership and a designer in an environment with few meetings.
- Influence team working practices and the technical direction of the codebase as the organization expands.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 4 to 8 years of software engineering experience.
- A history of delivering products from start to finish at a startup or a technology company of any size.
- Prior experience as a founder or as an early engineer at a startup.
- A degree in computer science or a related field.
- Comfort working on both client-side and server-side code plus databases, using a current programming language.
- Good product and design instincts, including writing design documents, weighing product tradeoffs and thinking about user experience.
- Hands-on experience shipping product features built on large language models.
- Clear communication and a strong drive to deliver quickly.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 215,000 to 280,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- On-site, 4-5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- 4 to 8 years of software engineering experience
- Experience delivering products end to end at a startup or technology company
- Prior experience as a startup founder or early engineer
- Degree in computer science or a related field
- Experience with client-side and server-side code, databases, and a current programming language
- Product and design judgment, including writing design documents, evaluating product tradeoffs, and considering user experience
- Hands-on experience shipping product features built on large language models
- Clear communication and strong drive to deliver quickly
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.
