About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as a hands-on senior engineer who owns the customer-facing side of a web application, carrying features from first prototype through release with care for polish and speed. Work side by side with leadership and cross-functional colleagues while raising the bar for code quality and coaching other engineers.
What you'll do
- Design and build full-stack features, including refined user interfaces, dependable APIs and scalable backend services.
- Take product features from early prototype to launch, paying close attention to responsiveness, usability and visual finish.
- Collaborate with product, sales, marketing and leadership to connect third-party generative AI models through their APIs and open up new use cases.
- Translate design mockups into polished, production-ready interfaces.
- Lead large product initiatives from concept to release, including upcoming launches.
- Define coding conventions and quality practices for the team, and coach colleagues through your own example.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 5 to 10 years of professional experience delivering full-stack web products.
- Industry experience with TypeScript and AWS, including React front ends and Node.js back ends.
- Background building full-stack systems that scale, such as data-heavy processing, search and retrieval, or background job workflows.
- At least 12 months of professional experience building LLM-based or agent-based products at a startup or AI-focused company; personal projects do not count.
- Startup experience; a career spent only at large technology companies is not a fit.
- A portfolio of shipped interfaces or products that demonstrates strong product sense and visual taste.
- Solid computer science fundamentals, including system design, algorithms and application architecture.
- A formal computer science or engineering degree.
- Fluent English for reading, writing and speaking.
- A record as a hands-on technical lead who raises standards and helps mid-level engineers grow.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week in a fast-paced startup and start in the office right away.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with working on media or video technology.
- Experience with consumer-facing generative AI products.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 225,000 to 275,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days a week in the office
- Full-time
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