About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Engineer server-side software for a production product, taking projects from first idea to release within a flat team that has considerable autonomy. The work covers shipping new code quickly, improving existing systems and contributing to a newer product line as the group grows.
What you'll do
- Take ownership of projects from idea to launch within a team that works without specialist hand-offs.
- Create new server-side components and grow the systems supporting them as demand rises.
- Help develop a newly planned product area as the group expands.
- Collaborate in person each day with senior staff and executives, so changes reach users fast.
- Improve peer code review, developer tooling and automated build and deploy pipelines, while keeping systems dependable and responsive.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 3 to 10 years of experience as a backend, software or senior software engineer.
- Experience at a fast-paced B2B software company, at a major cloud provider or at a large technology company.
- Undergraduate degree in computer science or engineering from a leading university.
Bonus points
- Hands-on familiarity with Python and relational databases.
- Exposure to large language model applications.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
- Health coverage
- Flexible time off
- Professional development reimbursement
- Team retreats
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site
- 5 days in-office per week
- Full-time
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