Senior Software Engineer

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.

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.

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