Backend Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing consumer technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Strengthen and scale backend services and data systems for a consumer application as usage grows. Take end-to-end ownership of real-time services and data pipelines, balancing performance with sensible infrastructure spending.

What you'll do

- Review and harden core backend services and third-party integrations so they handle much greater load.

- Design how sensitive user data is organized and structured.

- Build data pipelines that deliver user context to services and new product features.

- Build fast, efficient real-time systems for conversational features.

- Build data systems that support personalization and product experimentation.

- Own projects end to end, from design through deployment and scaling.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 4 to 6 years of backend engineering experience.

- Background at an early-stage startup or as a founding team member.

- A track record of shipping and running backend software in production.

- Fluency in at least one mainstream server-side programming language.

- Hands-on work with SQL databases, caching layers, background job processing and data platforms.

- Comfort designing service interfaces and scalable, distributed architectures.

- Bachelor's degree.

- Ability to work on-site five days a week in San Francisco.

Bonus points

- Background working on consumer-facing applications.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 350,000 per year

- Equity

- Free meals

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time