About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as a senior backend-focused engineer who takes responsibility for how important platform components are built and kept dependable. The job blends hands-on technical leadership, working with AI-assisted coding tools, coaching teammates and close collaboration with product partners.
What you'll do
- Drive the architecture and build-out of significant platform features from concept through release.
- Produce written design proposals for sizeable efforts and help weigh the business rationale for technical changes.
- Plan systems so they stay fast, scalable and dependable as demand grows.
- Evaluate how technical changes affect the business and coordinate with other groups to handle the effects.
- Use AI coding assistants to produce code, then verify the results with the same care applied to a colleague's pull request.
- Coach fellow engineers and contribute to the team's technical roadmap.
- Work with product and other functions to keep engineering effort aligned with business needs.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience at a growth-stage technology company, ideally a larger later-stage business or a smaller one with strong enterprise adoption.
- Track record of delivering production software with the help of AI coding tools.
- Expert-level skill in Node.js and TypeScript.
- Hands-on experience with distributed systems and message queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- History of being the end-to-end technical owner for a significant product area or system.
- Clear, product-minded communication.
- Solid engineering fundamentals, sufficient to judge the quality and safety of machine-generated code.
- Eligibility to work remotely from the US or Canada, with Pacific time zone overlap preferred.
Bonus points
- Experience in SaaS.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 190,000 to 225,000 per year
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Flexible time off
Location and work model
- Remote (US or Canada)
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Experience at a growth-stage technology company, ideally a larger later-stage business or a smaller company with strong enterprise adoption
- Track record of delivering production software with AI coding tools
- Expert-level proficiency in Node.js and TypeScript
- Hands-on experience with distributed systems and message queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Experience as the end-to-end technical owner of a significant product area or system
- Clear, product-minded communication
- Solid engineering fundamentals sufficient to judge the quality and safety of machine-generated code
- Eligibility to work remotely from the United States or Canada
- Pacific Time Zone overlap preferred
- Experience in SaaS
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.
