About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Create complete web applications, from user interface through back-end services, and keep them running reliably in production. The position blends hands-on building with working directly alongside clients and internal colleagues to define sound technical answers to open-ended business questions.
What you'll do
- Build customer-facing applications and contribute to the internal software development platform.
- Stay accountable for each product from first build through quality checks, live running, upkeep and user help.
- Work with clients and internal teams to define and explain dependable technical answers to loosely defined business questions.
- Write and upkeep web applications that scale, spanning a Python back end, a TypeScript and React front end and AWS hosting.
- Drive projects from start to finish in a self-directed setting where people choose their own path.
- Apply AI tools to raise engineering output and help build AI-powered software.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Two to seven or more years of web application work, having taken apps from start to live production release.
- Past delivery of software serving organizations, whether commercial platforms, workplace tools or services-built client work.
- Strong proficiency in Python and FastAPI.
- Professional experience with TypeScript and React.
- AWS cloud infrastructure experience.
- Solid knowledge of data structures and systems design.
- Customer-facing experience, including presenting solutions to stakeholders.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Bonus points
- Background in AI engineering, agent-based systems or adding large language models to products.
- Familiarity with containerization and automated build and release pipelines, ideally GitHub Actions.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 250,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- Redwood City, California, United States
- On-site, every day, fully in-office
- Full-time
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