About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design, build and run backend modules for a software platform, taking responsibility from early scoping through release and production support. Work alongside engineering and customer-facing colleagues to turn bespoke solutions into reusable products, including automated AI-driven workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and build backend platform modules that support business operations at scale.
- Take charge of a product area across its full lifecycle, with attention to reliability, security and low error rates.
- Collaborate with deployed engineers, customer success and technical leadership to generalize one-off solutions into reusable products.
- Develop and operate AI agents in production, adding testing, safeguards, monitoring and feedback mechanisms.
- Lead infrastructure initiatives from planning to rollout, such as internal tooling that lets non-technical colleagues set up custom modules.
- Shape data structures, processing pipelines and connections to third-party systems, including those that lack APIs.
- Handle on-call rotation and root-cause investigations for the systems you build.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 4 years of backend or systems engineering experience, with 6 to 7 years ideal; full-stack is fine if backend-heavy.
- Experience running reliable, scalable production systems.
- A degree from a top engineering school or engineering experience at a high-caliber technology company.
- A history of taking a service or module from concept to stable production use on your own.
- Hands-on experience delivering LLM-based or agent-based features to production users, as an applied engineer rather than a model researcher.
- Daily use of AI coding tools.
- Comfort working independently in a fast-paced, in-person team.
- Ability to work on-site 5 days a week.
Bonus points
- Experience at a fast-growing startup.
- Experience with Python or TypeScript.
- Top engineering school background.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 190,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Flexible time off
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week
- Full-time
Skills Required
- At least 4 years of backend or systems engineering experience; 6 to 7 years ideal
- Experience running reliable, scalable production systems
- Degree from a top engineering school or engineering experience at a high-caliber technology company
- Experience taking a service or module from concept through stable production use independently
- Hands-on experience delivering LLM-based or agent-based features to production users
- Daily use of AI coding tools
- Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, in-person team
- Ability to work on-site five days per week
- Experience at a fast-growing startup
- Experience with Python or TypeScript
- Top engineering school background
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.
