Raydar
Senior Software Engineer
$170K–$311K
San Francisco, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- A computer science degree from a leading university is a bonus; extensive hands-on experience can offset this.
About the job
Leads the architecture, development, and operation of backend services and distributed data-processing systems, including agent-based product features.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture, delivery, and ongoing operation of key services and product capabilities.
- Develop and maintain distributed data-processing systems and take accountability for uptime, speed, and cost efficiency.
- Build agent-based software features and collaborate with product, design, and engineering leaders across teams.
What they ask for
- 5 to 8 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Experience running high-traffic distributed platforms in production and designing data-heavy distributed architectures.
- Working knowledge of Ruby on Rails or Python, plus a document store or search engine; practical experience using AI coding assistants.
- Residence in the San Francisco Bay Area and willingness to be in the office 3 days per week.
Nice to have
- Experience at startups, AI-focused companies, or in an early engineering team; track record of increasing scope and responsibility.
- Deep database expertise or experience building applications on large language models, ideally at a respected high-growth company; computer science degree from a leading university (hands-on experience can offset this).
Pay
USD 170,000 to 311,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Ruby on Rails, Python
AI focus
Uses AI coding assistants routinely and creates intelligent agent-based software features; experience building applications on large language models is also mentioned.
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