About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of backend capabilities for a data-heavy software platform, covering storage design, data flow, services and monitoring. Collaborate with product, design and customer-facing colleagues to ship features, and lead the move of LLM-driven automation from experiment to production.
What you'll do
- Architect the schemas, ingestion layers and processing flows that keep a large-scale platform running.
- Take full responsibility for backend features from initial design through APIs, infrastructure and monitoring.
- Partner with product and engineering colleagues to translate user needs into both conventional and AI-driven features.
- Create internal admin tooling that helps operate and manage the platform behind the scenes.
- Guide LLM-powered automation from early research and model comparison through to a production release.
- Assess and bring in new AI and developer tools that raise team velocity, code quality and maintainability.
- Offer technical assistance to sales and customer success teammates as needed.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Hands-on background in designing scalable data storage, processing pipelines and system integrations, using Postgres.
- Prior work at a company where AI was central, or experience releasing AI-powered products.
- Solid backend engineering fundamentals.
- A bachelor's degree.
- A record of driving projects to completion with little supervision on a small, self-directed team.
- US work authorization without sponsorship.
- Ability to work from the office at least 4 days per week.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with building LLM-based automation and conversational tools.
- Proficiency in Python.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 200,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, at least 4 days per week in the office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience designing scalable data storage, processing pipelines, and system integrations
- Hands-on experience using Postgres
- Experience at an AI-focused company or releasing AI-powered products
- Solid backend engineering fundamentals
- Bachelor’s degree
- Ability to drive projects to completion with little supervision on a small, self-directed team
- US work authorization without sponsorship
- Ability to work from the office at least 4 days per week in New York, NY
- Familiarity with LLM-based automation and conversational tools
- Proficiency in Python
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.
