About the company
Our client is an early-stage software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and build core platform software with a very small engineering group, covering both AI-driven application features and the infrastructure underneath them. The work includes owning major systems from design through production and helping define how the team engineers software.
What you'll do
- Design and build specialized AI agents from the ground up.
- Develop and maintain the infrastructure that hosts and runs customer-facing services.
- Take full ownership of core systems, making key architectural choices early.
- Set the engineering conventions and working practices that the team will follow as it grows.
- Split your time between the AI application layer and the more demanding infrastructure layer.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 2 to 5 years of professional software engineering experience, including time in a startup setting.
- A record of delivering and maintaining sizeable software products from concept to production.
- Solid working knowledge of TypeScript and building modern web applications across the stack.
- Practical experience creating applications powered by LLMs and autonomous agents.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering, with room for flexibility given a strong professional record.
- A strong academic or startup background.
- Comfort working independently and creating new systems with little guidance.
Bonus points
- Prior experience founding a company or serving as an early engineer on a new product.
- Personal projects, such as self-built AI tools or shipped products, that demonstrate initiative.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
- Health coverage
- Retirement plan with employer match
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
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