Raydar
VP of Platform Engineering
$400K–$500K
San Francisco, California · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including 4 to 6 years in leadership roles.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
About the job
Lead and grow the platform engineering organization while contributing to code and architecture and owning the core platform from design through production.
What you'll do
- Manage and expand the platform engineering team while remaining technically involved.
- Partner with executives on releases and new platform initiatives; own the core platform end to end.
- Improve delivery speed, quality, and system stability, and build the organization and engineering culture.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including 4 to 6 years in leadership roles.
- Record of scaling a platform or infrastructure team through significant company growth; currently leading a multi-team engineering organization at Head of Engineering, Director, CTO level or above.
- Practical platform experience in backend architecture, API design, cloud environments, and production AI systems; ongoing coding, code review, and architecture involvement.
- Strong TypeScript and/or Python skills; daily, deep use of modern AI tools; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field; ability to work on-site 5 days per week.
Nice to have
- Background in conversational or voice AI.
- Background in fintech, banking, or regulated financial services.
Pay
USD 400,000 to 500,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
TypeScript, Python
AI focus
Own platform capabilities including runtime services, orchestration, retrieval, evaluation, integrations, and authoring tools; run AI systems in production.
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