Senior Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the architecture and delivery of backend systems and data pipelines for a real-time software platform. The work spans the full stack and includes meeting with customers in person to help roll out the product. It suits an experienced engineer who thrives with broad responsibility in a very small team.

What you'll do

- Architect and build systems that simulate, analyze and assess conversational software.

- Design resilient, scalable cloud infrastructure able to handle very large volumes of real-time traffic.

- Develop algorithms and data pipelines that surface insights and flag failures.

- Drive projects from design through release, making key technical decisions along the way.

- Work on-site with customers to build, deploy and demonstrate the product.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 6+ years of experience as a senior engineer.

- Strong proficiency across the stack, especially databases, cloud infrastructure and applied AI engineering.

- Experience shipping features that serve heavy user traffic and guiding engineering work to completion.

- Clear, personable communication for customer-facing work.

- Strong academic background and/or experience at a fast-growing startup.

- Ability to work in person five days a week, 9am to 7pm.

Bonus points

- Well-reasoned opinions on system design grounded in prior experience.

- A highly optimized personal developer workflow.

- Experience working at very large scale as a senior individual contributor.

- Prior experience leading engineering projects.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 225,000 to 300,000 per year

- Health insurance

- Retirement plan

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time