Senior 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 responsibility for core backend services at a high-scale software platform, shaping them from initial architecture through live operation. Partner with product, design and engineering leaders to untangle unclear technical challenges, and use AI coding assistants as a routine part of daily work. What you'll do - Lead the architecture, delivery and ongoing operation of key services and product capabilities. - Develop and maintain distributed data-processing systems, choosing suitable tools such as a message queue and databases for each problem. - Turn vague, difficult technical challenges into clear plans and deliver them, staying accountable for uptime, speed and cost efficiency. - Create intelligent agent-based software features for a broad global audience. - Work with product, design and engineering leadership on problems that span several teams. Requirements What we're looking for - 5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience. - Time spent at startups, AI-focused companies or in an early engineering team. - A track record of steadily taking on greater scope and responsibility. - Experience running high-traffic distributed platforms in production. - Solid system design skills for data-heavy, distributed architectures. - Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails or Python, plus a document store or search engine. - Practical experience using AI coding assistants. - Either deep database expertise or experience building applications on large language models, ideally gained at a respected high-growth company. - Residence in the San Francisco Bay Area and willingness to be in the office 3 days per week. Bonus points - A computer science degree from a leading university, though extensive hands-on experience can offset this. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 170,000 to 311,000 per year - Equity - Performance bonus - Flexible hybrid work - Professional development support Location and work model - San Francisco, CA, United States - Hybrid, 3 days per week in office - Full-time