Lead Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of a backend platform that handles high-volume processing workloads, with a focus on speed, dependability and cost control. Collaborate with machine learning colleagues to get models running in production, and share on-call duties within a small platform group.

What you'll do

• Own and improve the backbone platform that executes customer workloads, keeping it quick, dependable and economical as demand grows.
• Collaborate with machine learning engineers on hosting proprietary models efficiently and fitting them into live data pipelines.
• Build and maintain core infrastructure, including data stores, job coordination, resource allocation and cloud releases.
• Resolve performance, resilience and capacity problems across multi-service systems as traffic increases.
• Join the on-call rotation and take responsibility for the overall health of the platform.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of experience owning and scaling core infrastructure at a fast-paced startup or a respected, high-velocity technology company.
• If coming from a larger company, a Staff or Principal title or a clear record of fast promotion.
• Full-stack skills; this is not a pure infrastructure or DevOps position.
• Solid background building reliable, large-scale backend systems that coordinate work across many services.
• Strong Python skills, or deep experience in another systems language along with willingness to move to Python.
• Comfort taking part in on-call duties.

Bonus points

• Experience with cloud infrastructure and tuning how models are served.
• Experience at an early-stage startup.
• A degree from a top computer science program.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 220,000 to 320,000 per year
• Equity
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Parental leave
• Wellness benefits
• Flexible time off

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• On-site, 5 days per week in office
• Full-time