Raydar
Founding Software Engineer
$150K–$250K
New York, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- 3 or more years building production systems, mainly on the backend.
About the job
Build backend systems and data-heavy services for a regulated financial platform, owning initiatives from planning through launch and helping set technical direction.
What you'll do
- Build financial workflows, accounting ledger systems, and integrations with payment, compliance, and financial institutions.
- Create evaluation tooling and CI/CD test pipelines for AI-assisted features; design security-focused infrastructure.
- Partner with operations leads and founders to define requirements, prioritize work, and contribute to frontend development.
What they ask for
- 3 or more years building production systems, mainly on the backend.
- Prior experience launching new systems from scratch at a small, early-stage technology company.
- Daily use of AI coding tools in development work.
- Strong production relational database skills, including schema design, constraints, and migrations; ability to work on-site five days a week.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with LLM workflows, such as agent harnesses, evaluation loops, or agent tooling.
- Strong security mindset, deep PostgreSQL or DevOps experience, or background in fintech or another regulated industry.
Pay
USD 150,000 to 250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
PostgreSQL, CI/CD
AI focus
Build evaluation tooling and test pipelines for AI-assisted features; daily use of AI coding tools is required, and LLM workflow experience is preferred.
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