Senior Full Stack Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the delivery of a security-hardened deployment of an existing software platform inside a restricted public-sector cloud. The work is mostly backend engineering with some frontend, and involves close collaboration with machine learning and platform colleagues.

What you'll do

• Re-create an existing application stack in a locked-down government cloud, prioritizing security, stability and reliability.
• Design and implement data separation so each user can only view information appropriate to their authorization level.
• Keep backend services dependable and expand infrastructure capacity as more users join.
• Work alongside a machine learning engineer to migrate retrieval-based AI pipelines, benchmark models and bring down running costs.
• Stay aligned with the wider platform engineers so new capabilities reach the government deployment.
• Split your time roughly 70% backend and 30% frontend.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• At least 1 year of hands-on work with systems hosted in a highly regulated defense or federal cloud environment.
• Strong skills in React and Python, with a backend-leaning focus.
• At least 1 year in a startup setting; a mix of large technology company and startup experience is fine.
• Practical experience with AI services on a major cloud provider.
• Background in machine learning, retrieval pipelines and large language models, ideally at significant organizational scale.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.
• Comfort leading client conversations and explaining technical ideas plainly to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work on-site five days a week.

Bonus points

• Familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks and the authorization process for government systems.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year
• Equity

Location and work model

• Los Altos, CA, United States
• On-site, 5 days per week in office
• Occasional travel to Washington, D.C.
• Full-time