Founding Engineer

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and ship core backend features in a distributed systems codebase, owning reliability across several major cloud providers. Work directly with technical customers to help them close deals, and produce documentation and public-facing interfaces.

What you'll do

- Create the underlying platform pieces and scalable server-side logic, mainly in a low-level systems language.

- Design for failure modes and edge cases across multiple cloud providers.

- Move quickly by directing AI coding tools to accelerate delivery.

- Partner with technical customers in shared chat channels to support their purchasing decisions.

- Produce clear technical documentation and help shape public-facing interfaces and publicly shared code.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Experience at a developer infrastructure startup.

- Strong written and verbal communication skills.

- Cloud engineering experience with major providers, container orchestration and relational databases.

- Working knowledge of Rust or Go, with Rust preferred.

- Self-motivated, with a drive to take ownership as part of a founding team.

Bonus points

- Experience as a founding engineer.

- Experience maintaining or operating production systems at scale.

- Familiarity with managed Kubernetes services.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 155,000 to 200,000 per year

- Equity

- Remote-friendly work environment

Location and work model

- Remote (US)

- Full-time