Raydar
Backend Software Engineer
$220K–$300K
New York, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- At least 3 years of experience releasing and running production server-side software.
- Education
- An undergraduate STEM degree from a leading US university.
About the job
Builds and operates backend systems that process large datasets, with supporting tools to monitor system health and output quality.
What you'll do
- Develop and scale multi-stage backend data-processing services; own them from design through release and operation.
- Make recovery from failures safe and predictable across asynchronous workers, message queues and file storage, and validate data before delivery.
- Build internal dashboards and tools to monitor system health and examine result quality.
What they ask for
- At least 3 years releasing and running production server-side software.
- Strong grounding in distributed and asynchronous design, including concurrency, repeat-safe operations and recovery from partial failures.
- Strong skills in a general-purpose backend language such as Python, Go, Rust or Java.
- Experience in a young, fast-moving company, plus an undergraduate STEM degree from a leading US university.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with AWS and workflow or batch scheduling tools.
- Experience at a well-recognized employer alongside startup experience, or a full-stack mindset.
Pay
USD 220,000 to 300,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, Rust, Java, AWS
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