Infrastructure 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 the reliability, scalability and correctness of a transaction-processing platform and its supporting infrastructure. You will work across system design, deployment pipelines and monitoring, reasoning from first principles as usage grows many times over. What you'll do - Own the core transaction-processing systems end to end, including ledger accuracy and reconciliation. - Keep critical services reliable, correct and able to scale as usage grows significantly. - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and monitoring for production systems. - Design systems that combine many third-party vendors and understand how each component fits together. - Prioritize tests and engineering trade-offs sensibly in a fast-moving environment. Requirements What we're looking for - At least 2 years of experience in distributed systems engineering. - Strong system design skills, with a deep and holistic view of complex multi-vendor architectures. - Experience with high data throughput workloads and some exposure to security. - A habit of reasoning from first principles rather than rigidly applying past solutions. - A strong sense of reliability and correctness under pressure. - High agency and autonomy, comfortable in a flat, hands-on team. - Comfortable using AI tools productively without depending on them. - No prior payments or fintech background is required. Bonus points - Experience with fast scaling at a growth-stage company. - Background on infrastructure teams at large cloud, trading or consumer technology companies. - Experience leading high-throughput distributed systems. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 150,000 to 210,000 per year - Equity - Medical, dental and vision coverage - Life insurance - Health FSA - Retirement plan Location and work model - San Francisco, CA, United States - On-site, in office - Full-time