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Founding Software Engineer

Raydar

Founding Software Engineer

Posted 24 Days Ago

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In-Office

San Francisco, CA, USA

180K-220K Annually

Mid level

In-Office

San Francisco, CA, USA

180K-220K Annually

Mid level

Build and own software across data, server, and user interface layers. Develop and validate production AI-powered agents, improve core product areas such as onboarding, support customers directly, troubleshoot issues, and help establish team planning and delivery practices.

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About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as an early engineer with broad ownership of a software product, spanning conventional application work and AI-driven components. Partner closely with engineering leadership and with end users to build, rework and improve key areas of the product.

What you'll do

- Deliver new product capabilities from data layer through server logic to user interface.

- Create and refine AI-powered agent functionality within the product.

- Redesign and take responsibility for central product areas such as user onboarding.

- Support customers by email, chat and live calls, troubleshooting problems and learning how the product gets used.

- Contribute to establishing how the team plans and ships product work.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.

- Strong skills in Python, with solid experience in React and cloud infrastructure on AWS.

- Has shipped an LLM-powered or agent-style system to production and can walk through its design, behavior and validation.

- Real interest in owning the entire codebase rather than only the AI-focused parts.

- Comfort supporting customers directly.

- Ability to work on-site in San Francisco, with occasional remote days.

- US citizenship is required.

Bonus points

- Time spent at an early-stage startup where responsibilities were wide-ranging.

- Ability to clearly justify technical decisions on tooling, design and testing.

- Background in a compliance-heavy sector.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site, with occasional remote days

- Full-time

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