About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the full lifecycle of engineering projects for a software platform, from design through deployment and ongoing improvement. This is a hands-on role that adds capacity to a small engineering group and shapes its technical direction.
What you'll do
- Lead high-impact projects end to end, covering architecture, design, release and ongoing tuning.
- Build and ship complete features across the front end and back end of the platform.
- Help guide architecture choices and the long-term technical direction.
- Rework core functionality with modern tooling to improve on existing solutions.
- Maintain quality through careful code review and testing while releasing to production every day.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A computer science degree.
- Experience owning features from written proposal through to deployment.
- Proficiency in Python and Node.js, plus Next.js.
- Experience releasing code to production on a daily basis.
- Background as a former founder or in an early-stage startup.
- Willingness to work long hours in a fast-paced environment.
- A fast-moving, self-directed working style, with clear communication and a knack for untangling hard problems.
- Ability to work on-site five days a week.
Bonus points
- Degree from a highly ranked university.
- Experience in supply chain or logistics.
- Active GitHub profile, side projects or founder experience showing initiative.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 200,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- San Francisco, California, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
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