Founding Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as an early engineer with broad ownership of a software product, spanning conventional application work and AI-driven components. Partner closely with engineering leadership and with end users to build, rework and improve key areas of the product.

What you'll do

• Deliver new product capabilities from data layer through server logic to user interface.
• Create and refine AI-powered agent functionality within the product.
• Redesign and take responsibility for central product areas such as user onboarding.
• Support customers by email, chat and live calls, troubleshooting problems and learning how the product gets used.
• Contribute to establishing how the team plans and ships product work.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong skills in Python, with solid experience in React and cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Has shipped an LLM-powered or agent-style system to production and can walk through its design, behavior and validation.
• Real interest in owning the entire codebase rather than only the AI-focused parts.
• Comfort supporting customers directly.
• Ability to work on-site in San Francisco, with occasional remote days.
• US citizenship is required.

Bonus points

• Time spent at an early-stage startup where responsibilities were wide-ranging.
• Ability to clearly justify technical decisions on tooling, design and testing.
• Background in a compliance-heavy sector.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year
• Equity

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• On-site, with occasional remote days
• Full-time