Staff Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a healthcare technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as a senior technical authority for multiple groups of engineers, dividing attention between system design and writing production code. The position carries full responsibility for large, multi-person initiatives from planning through release, helps shape direction alongside engineering managers, and grows the people around it.

What you'll do

• Provide technical direction to multiple groups, alternating between design work and writing code.
• Take full accountability for complex, multi-person projects, from defining scope and timelines through to delivered results.
• Partner with engineering managers to set technical direction for the most important initiatives.
• Build production-grade, backend-leaning services in Python and TypeScript with modern web frameworks.
• Own infrastructure projects from first design through release, strengthening the shared core services the product depends on.
• Develop colleagues across the company and define what good craftsmanship looks like in code and design reviews.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 7+ years of full-stack software engineering experience.
• Current or prior title of Staff, Principal or Lead Engineer, or a technical engineering manager willing to return to hands-on individual contributor work.
• Experience building complex software products at a large technology company or a fast-growing startup, ideally both.
• Backend-leaning full-stack experience across Python and TypeScript, plus modern web front-end tooling.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or another technical field.
• A proven record of solving complex architecture and coding problems.
• Authorization to work and the ability to start immediately.

Bonus points

• Experience with data platform or core infrastructure.
• Experience in the AI agent space, excluding pure AI/ML research.
• A mix of big technology company and startup backgrounds.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: $240K - $295K
• Equity
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Retirement plan
• Flexible time off
• Commuter benefits
• Professional development support

Location and work model

• San Francisco, California, United States
• Hybrid, with 4 in-office days per week
• Full-time