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