About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own backend services for a software platform, working across data flows, APIs and background processing. You will partner with senior engineers and take on real features from the start with growing independence.
What you'll do
- Take backend features from design to release, including data handling, service interfaces and asynchronous jobs.
- Build dependable processing pipelines that cope with messy, unpredictable inputs.
- Apply sound security practices such as restricted access, customer data separation and audit trails.
- Weigh long-term design against fast delivery, making sensible technical debt decisions with input from senior colleagues.
- Collaborate with backend, product and infrastructure peers to convert loosely defined requests into clear technical plans.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Roughly 1 to 3 years building and releasing backend software in production, or a standout recent graduate with a strong project portfolio.
- Strong grounding in services, APIs, data modeling and infrastructure that prioritizes reliability, monitoring and performance.
- Hands-on experience delivering a substantial project, professional or personal, and an appreciation of what it takes to move from prototype to dependable system.
- Comfort with a high-ownership setting where you drive work forward with growing autonomy.
- Ability to work in the office 4 days per week.
- Willingness to help across the stack while staying backend-focused.
Bonus points
- Experience running and evaluating complex automated pipelines in production.
- Prior work alongside full-stack teams.
- Awareness of enterprise-level security expectations.
- Habit of using modern tooling throughout the development process to work faster without losing quality.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 201,000 to 240,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Retirement plan
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site, 4 days per week in office
- Full-time
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