Raydar
Founding Software Engineer
$175K–$250K
New York, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- Between new graduate level and 5 years of engineering experience.
About the job
Build backend services and tools for an AI agent that performs multi-step business tasks, while supporting shared platform infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Build and extend tools for the AI agent, including integrations and document or email workflows.
- Improve the agent’s capabilities and reliability for end-to-end tasks.
- Contribute to shared infrastructure and own delivery in an AI-assisted development workflow.
What they ask for
- Solid Python backend fundamentals, including APIs, async programming, databases, and cloud deployment.
- Daily use of agentic coding assistants and informed views on improving agent-based systems.
- Self-motivated, able to ramp up quickly, work with minimal guidance, and handle ambiguous scope.
- Strong background signal, such as experience at a notable startup or large technology company, or a degree from a top computer science program.
Nice to have
- Full-stack experience, including TypeScript on the frontend.
- Zero-to-one startup experience with demonstrable users; high-frequency trading or quantitative engineering; or strong user experience and product interest.
Pay
USD 175,000 to 250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript
AI focus
Build and improve an AI agent’s tools and capabilities for dependable multi-step business tasks; use agentic coding assistants in development.
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