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. Act as a senior backend-focused engineer who takes responsibility for how important platform components are built and kept dependable. The job blends hands-on technical leadership, working with AI-assisted coding tools, coaching teammates and close collaboration with product partners.

What you'll do

• Drive the architecture and build-out of significant platform features from concept through release.

• Produce written design proposals for sizeable efforts and help weigh the business rationale for technical changes.

• Plan systems so they stay fast, scalable and dependable as demand grows.

• Evaluate how technical changes affect the business and coordinate with other groups to handle the effects.

• Use AI coding assistants to produce code, then verify the results with the same care applied to a colleague's pull request.

• Coach fellow engineers and contribute to the team's technical roadmap.

• Work with product and other functions to keep engineering effort aligned with business needs.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• Experience at a growth-stage technology company, ideally a larger later-stage business or a smaller one with strong enterprise adoption.

• Track record of delivering production software with the help of AI coding tools.

• Expert-level skill in Node.js and TypeScript.

• Hands-on experience with distributed systems and message queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.

• History of being the end-to-end technical owner for a significant product area or system.

• Clear, product-minded communication.

• Solid engineering fundamentals, sufficient to judge the quality and safety of machine-generated code.

• Eligibility to work remotely from the US or Canada, with Pacific time zone overlap preferred.

Bonus points

• Experience in SaaS.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 190,000 to 225,000 per year

• Equity

• Health insurance

• Flexible time off

Location and work model

• Remote (US or Canada)

• Full-time