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Senior Software Engineer

Raydar · Los Angeles · United States

Salary
$215,000–$280,000 per year
Contract
Full time
Occupation
Software Engineer

Posted: 9/30/2026 · Last checked: 10/28/2026

Job description

Quoted in full from Raydar's job posting. Gavroche does not edit it.

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own engineering projects from initial design through delivery on a small team, working across the whole application. Contribute to product decisions, talk directly with users, and build features that use language models.

What you'll do

- Lead projects from design document to shipped release, covering user interface, services and data storage.

- Take part in product and design conversations and speak directly with users about what is being built.

- Build and refine application features powered by large language models, and assess the quality of their output.

- Use AI-assisted coding tools in everyday development.

- Work closely with fellow engineers, product leadership and a designer in an environment with few meetings.

- Influence team working practices and the technical direction of the codebase as the organization expands.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 4 to 8 years of software engineering experience.

- A history of delivering products from start to finish at a startup or a technology company of any size.

- Prior experience as a founder or as an early engineer at a startup.

- A degree in computer science or a related field.

- Comfort working on both client-side and server-side code plus databases, using a current programming language.

- Good product and design instincts, including writing design documents, weighing product tradeoffs and thinking about user experience.

- Hands-on experience shipping product features built on large language models.

- Clear communication and a strong drive to deliver quickly.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 215,000 to 280,000 per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- Los Angeles, CA, United States

- On-site, 4-5 days per week in office

- Full-time

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