About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the full lifecycle of engineering projects for a software platform, from design through deployment and ongoing improvement. This is a hands-on role that adds capacity to a small engineering group and shapes its technical direction.
What you'll do
- Lead high-impact projects end to end, covering architecture, design, release and ongoing tuning.
- Build and ship complete features across the front end and back end of the platform.
- Help guide architecture choices and the long-term technical direction.
- Rework core functionality with modern tooling to improve on existing solutions.
- Maintain quality through careful code review and testing while releasing to production every day.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A computer science degree.
- Experience owning features from written proposal through to deployment.
- Proficiency in Python and Node.js, plus Next.js.
- Experience releasing code to production on a daily basis.
- Background as a former founder or in an early-stage startup.
- Willingness to work long hours in a fast-paced environment.
- A fast-moving, self-directed working style, with clear communication and a knack for untangling hard problems.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week.
Bonus points
- Degree from a highly ranked university.
- Experience in supply chain or logistics.
- Active GitHub profile, side projects or founder experience showing initiative.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
Skills Required
- Computer science degree
- Experience owning features from written proposal through deployment
- Proficiency in Python
- Proficiency in Node.js
- Proficiency in Next.js
- Experience releasing code to production daily
- Background as a former founder or in an early-stage startup
- Willingness to work long hours in a fast-paced environment
- Fast-moving, self-directed working style
- Clear communication and ability to untangle difficult problems
- Ability to work on-site five days per week
- Degree from a highly ranked university
- Experience in supply chain or logistics
- Active GitHub profile, side projects, or founder experience demonstrating initiative
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.
