Founding Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is an early-stage software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as one of the earliest engineers and take on a broad mix of backend and user-facing work. Partner closely with customers to turn their goals into working production software, and help establish the technical standards and working culture of a small team.

What you'll do

- Build internal tooling that measures how software performs and gives the team quick feedback on results.

- Develop scalable data infrastructure that supports dedicated and shared hosting setups at large volumes.

- Take automated, AI-driven applications from design through release for important accounts.

- Design a shared layer of organizational knowledge that the applications can draw on.

- Help set the culture and quality expectations for both the product and the team.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- A background at a fast-growing technology firm with a demanding engineering culture, or earlier work as a founder or early engineer at a startup that gained real momentum.

- Hands-on work in at least one backend language and one frontend language, such as Python and TypeScript.

- Comfort using AI coding assistants and agent-based tooling in daily development.

- Skill in planning and shipping software that spans several layers of an application.

- Solid experience building services and data pipelines, whether backend-focused or full-stack.

- A strong computer science or related academic background, or standout engineering experience in place of a degree from a leading program.

- Roughly 3 or more years of professional experience.

- U.S. work authorization and the ability to work on-site five days a week.

Bonus points

- Experience building payment systems or agent-based architectures.

- Sharp instincts for troubleshooting issues in production environments.

- Ambition and a history of quick advancement to senior or staff level.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 250,000 per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- New York, New York, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time