Raydar
Senior Full Stack Engineer
$180K–$250K
Los Altos, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience; at least 1 year with systems in a highly regulated defense or federal cloud environment and at least 1 year in a startup setting.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field.
About the job
Lead the security-hardened deployment of an existing software platform in a restricted government cloud, focusing mainly on backend engineering and AI pipeline migration.
What you'll do
- Re-create the application stack in a locked-down government cloud and implement authorization-based data separation.
- Maintain dependable backend services and expand infrastructure capacity as usage grows.
- Collaborate with machine learning and platform colleagues to migrate retrieval-based AI pipelines, benchmark models, and reduce running costs.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 1 year working with systems in a highly regulated defense or federal cloud environment.
- Strong React and Python skills, with a backend-leaning focus.
- At least 1 year in a startup setting; a mix of large technology company and startup experience is acceptable.
- Practical experience with AI services on a major cloud provider; bachelor's degree in computer science or a related STEM field; able to work on-site five days a week.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with federal security and compliance frameworks and the authorization process for government systems.
- Background in machine learning, retrieval pipelines, and large language models, ideally at significant organizational scale.
Pay
USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
React, Python
AI focus
Work with a machine learning engineer to migrate retrieval-based AI pipelines, benchmark models, and reduce running costs; the posting also seeks experience with AI services, machine learning, retrieval pipelines, and large language models.
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