Raydar
Senior Software Engineer
$190K–$225K
United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
About the job
Leads architecture and delivery for backend services and major product initiatives, while mentoring engineers and using AI coding tools with careful validation.
What you'll do
- Design and build major features; write proposals for sizeable projects and explain the business rationale for technical changes.
- Keep services fast, dependable, and scalable, and guide teams through the business impact of technical changes.
- Validate AI-generated code, coach engineers, contribute to the technical roadmap, and collaborate with product and other departments.
What they ask for
- Track record building transaction-heavy backend systems that handle large volumes of data.
- Hands-on knowledge of distributed systems and message brokers such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Expert command of Node.js and TypeScript.
- Owned a significant product area's technical design end to end and shipped production code with AI coding tools.
Nice to have
- Growth-stage company experience, ideally at an established company or an earlier-stage company with solid enterprise adoption.
- Background building user login and access control features.
Pay
USD 190,000 to 225,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Node.js, TypeScript, Kafka, RabbitMQ
AI focus
Uses AI coding assistants and agents in day-to-day development, assigning tasks and carefully checking and validating their output.
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