Raydar
Software Engineer
$200K–$280K
San Francisco, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Experience
- At least 3 years of full-time engineering experience.
- Education
- A computer science degree from a top-ranked university.
About the job
Build and own an AI-driven software platform end to end, connecting models to users and ensuring product quality through evaluation.
What you'll do
- Build the application, APIs, backend services, and model orchestration layer, including tools, retrieval, and feedback loops.
- Develop evaluation suites and connect technical data pipelines to the application, including file conversion and geometry data preparation.
- Make deployment, observability, latency, and cost decisions; partner with research and product teams and promote AI-assisted coding practices.
What they ask for
- At least 3 years of full-time engineering experience and proven ownership of zero-to-one product development.
- Experience shipping production software relied on by real users, with strong full-stack skills across backends, APIs, and user-facing applications.
- Hands-on experience building with large language models in production and building or maintaining evaluation frameworks; daily use of AI coding assistants.
- Proficiency in Python and either TypeScript or C++; a computer science degree from a top-ranked university.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with 3D graphics, simulation, or robotics; experience in a hardware or physical-product industry.
- Experience with agentic systems, custom coding-agent tooling, inference serving, or latency optimization.
Pay
USD 200,000 to 280,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, TypeScript, C++
AI focus
Build production AI features and the orchestration layer connecting models to tools, retrieval, and feedback loops; evaluate quality and guide AI-assisted development practices.
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