Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own projects from concept to launch as a full-stack engineer, building backend services, web interfaces and internal tooling in a fast-moving environment. The work spans prototyping, deployment and reliability improvements, with regular collaboration across functions and with external technical stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Design and build scalable systems, including APIs, simulation environments and internal platforms that involve human review.
• Partner with research, product and design colleagues to deliver features quickly.
• Produce readable, well-structured code and keep supporting technical notes up to date.
• Take part in code reviews and design discussions.
• Tackle real-world scalability and reliability problems.
• Contribute to core infrastructure supporting data and evaluation workflows.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Full-stack capability with React, Node.js or Python, and container orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Track record of building something end to end with a strong sense of ownership.
• Experience at a high-growth startup, a respected trading firm, or as a founding engineer at a well-resourced startup.
• For candidates with a big tech background only, a computer science degree from a leading program.
• A degree from a highly ranked university in the US, Canada or Europe.
• Comfort working directly with external researchers as a client-facing technical partner.
• Willingness to work on-site five days a week, with flexible hours.

Bonus points

• Experience with Kafka, Redis or Elasticsearch.
• Background at a company in the human data or AI data space.
• For early-career candidates, multiple internships at top-tier technology companies.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 260,000 to 290,000 per year
• Equity

Location and work model

• San Francisco, CA, United States
• On-site, 5 days a week
• Full-time