Raydar
Staff Backend Engineer
$225K–$290K
New York, New York · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
About the job
Lead the architecture, scaling, and performance of backend systems while building foundations for AI-driven product features.
What you'll do
- Lead scaling and service architecture for core backend systems.
- Improve performance across services, data stores, and integrations; build high-throughput backend solutions hands-on.
- Build the technical groundwork for AI-driven product features.
What they ask for
- History of growing server-side platforms spanning data stores, cloud infrastructure, and external connections.
- Deep experience operating relational databases at scale, particularly PostgreSQL.
- Production experience architecting, deploying, and operating systems on AWS.
- Experience at a high-growth technology company and comfort with startup-style ownership.
Nice to have
- Experience with Java-based backend frameworks or comparable backend frameworks.
Pay
$225K - $290K (base salary)
Tools
PostgreSQL, AWS
AI focus
Build the technical foundation for AI-driven product features.
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