About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own projects from concept to launch as a full-stack engineer, building backend services, web interfaces and internal tooling in a fast-moving environment. The work spans prototyping, deployment and reliability improvements, with regular collaboration across functions and with external technical stakeholders.
What you'll do
- Design and build scalable systems, including APIs, simulation environments and internal platforms that involve human review.
- Partner with research, product and design colleagues to deliver features quickly.
- Produce readable, well-structured code and keep supporting technical notes up to date.
- Take part in code reviews and design discussions.
- Tackle real-world scalability and reliability problems.
- Contribute to core infrastructure supporting data and evaluation workflows.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Full-stack capability with React, Node.js or Python, and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
- Track record of building something end to end with a strong sense of ownership.
- Experience at a high-growth startup, a respected trading firm, or as a founding engineer at a well-resourced startup.
- For candidates with a big tech background only, a computer science degree from a leading program.
- A degree from a highly ranked university in the US, Canada or Europe.
- Comfort working directly with external researchers as a client-facing technical partner.
- Willingness to work on-site five days a week, with flexible hours.
Bonus points
- Experience with Kafka, Redis or Elasticsearch.
- Background at a company in the human data or AI data space.
- For early-career candidates, multiple internships at top-tier technology companies.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 260,000 to 290,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days a week
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Full-stack development capability with React and Node.js or Python
- Experience with Kubernetes container orchestration
- Track record of building a product or system end to end with strong ownership
- Experience at a high-growth startup, respected trading firm, or as a founding engineer at a well-resourced startup
- Computer science degree from a leading program for candidates with a big tech background
- Degree from a highly ranked university in the US, Canada, or Europe
- Comfort working directly with external researchers as a client-facing technical partner
- Willingness to work on-site five days per week with flexible hours
- Experience with Kafka, Redis, or Elasticsearch
- Background in human data or AI data
- Multiple internships at top-tier technology companies for early-career candidates
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.
