About the company
Our client is a financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the technical delivery of software that must stay reliable as usage grows, working across backend services and the applications on top of them. The pace is fast and the scope is broad, with plenty of room to shape technical direction.
What you'll do
- Architect and ship dependable software that holds up under increasing load.
- Build backend services that process heavy data volumes with high throughput.
- Launch new applications and larger projects, then refine them using real-world feedback.
- Make pragmatic tradeoffs to move quickly, accepting rough edges where speed matters.
- Contribute to technical decisions and help shape how the engineering team works.
- Hold a high quality bar and collaborate closely with talented peers.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- At least 7 years of hands-on software engineering experience delivering systems that run in production and scale well.
- Comfort working quickly and delivering early versions that may be rough around the edges.
- Background handling large datasets and designing backend services for heavy traffic.
- A history of shipping and iteratively improving applications or substantial software initiatives.
- Comfort with ambiguity and a willingness to take risks and chart your own path.
- Experience with recruiting activities such as sourcing, interviewing and making offers.
Bonus points
- Experience in financial services or fintech.
- Cloud infrastructure experience, including AWS and container orchestration.
- Experience working with Python and React at scale.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 280,000 per year
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Flexible time off
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States or New York City, NY, United States
- On-site
- Full-time
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