Senior Backend Software Engineer
The Role:
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own significant backend initiatives from initial scoping through production release, partnering with technical leadership and non-technical colleagues. You will make design decisions for backend infrastructure and build automation that handles sensitive data with care. This is a high-autonomy position on a small engineering team.
What You'll Do:
Break down broad product initiatives into manageable pieces and deliver them to production independently.
Make architecture and design decisions that shape backend infrastructure.
Work with product and non-technical stakeholders to shape ideas and direction.
Build and improve AI-powered automation for transaction and workflow processing.
Suggest and implement improvements to tooling and team processes as an early member of a small team.
What We're Looking For6 to 12 years of experience shipping production backend systems at a company operating at scale.
Background in fintech or healthtech, such as payments, billing or claims.
Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field; adjacent degrees from strong programs are considered, and bootcamp graduates need substantially more experience.
Strong backend skills in Node.js or a comparable framework.
Experience designing and delivering backend systems that handle sensitive data at scale, using PostgreSQL or a similar database.
Uses AI tooling by default in day-to-day development and is comfortable in an AI-first engineering culture.
Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders.
Able to deliver independently with little structure or support, and to make progress when requirements are unclear.
Demonstrated interest in healthcare or fintech.
Benefits:
- Health coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Unlimited paid time off
- Location And Work ModelNew York, NY or San Francisco, CA, United StatesHybrid, 3 days per week in office
Full-time
Compensation, As The Posting Describes ItEquity