Palo Alto, United States
Senior Full Stack Software Engineer
Raydar · Palo Alto · United States
- Salary
- $200,000–$300,000 per year
- Contract
- Full time
- Occupation
- Software Engineer
Posted: 11/5/2026 · Last checked: 11/10/2026
Job description
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About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of building and shipping features across both the frontend and backend of a software platform. Work alongside product and design colleagues, handle customer-facing engineering needs, and help keep the platform dependable as usage grows.
What you'll do
- Develop and release features spanning the user interface and backend services, using Python, TypeScript or Java.
- Partner with product and design teammates to bring new capabilities, including AI-driven ones, to market fast.
- Investigate and resolve customer-reported problems and deliver engineering projects tailored to specific customer needs.
- Architect and expand distributed services and data pipelines that handle high volumes of incoming data as it arrives.
- Share in an on-call schedule so the platform stays reliable as it grows.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- About 5 or more years of professional software engineering experience, plus a degree.
- A track record of architecting and growing large-scale systems, data infrastructure or other complex platforms.
- Practical experience running software in production, including operating and supporting it.
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, Java or TypeScript.
- Time spent at an early-stage or quickly growing company helping to get products off the ground.
- A history of coaching other engineers and helping set technical direction.
- A self-directed, high-ownership working style and the ability to ramp up quickly.
- Valid US work authorization.
- Ability to work on-site 4 days per week.
Bonus points
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and developer tooling, for example AWS or Postgres.
- Background handling high-volume data processing or streaming analytics.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan with employer match
Location and work model
- Palo Alto, California, United States
- Hybrid, 4 days per week in the office
- Full-time
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