- Raydar
- San Francisco, CA
- Full-Time
- 23 days ago
- $335,000–$375,000 / year
Principal Engineer.
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Principal Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This is a principal individual-contributor engineering role for an experienced engineer accountable for technical standards and delivery across a major area of a software platform.
- The Person:They will own the design, quality, and delivery of a major platform area, write production code, review and ship work, coach engineers, collaborate with product and executive partners, and improve consistency in AI-assisted development tools.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate brings software design and technical architecture review experience, production coding skills, daily use of AI-assisted development tools, and ideally Node.js and Python.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as the top individual-contributor engineer, responsible for the design, engineering standards and delivery of a major area of a software platform. The work blends hands-on development with technical mentorship and regular collaboration with executives and product counterparts.
What you'll do
- Take full accountability for a major technical area, covering its design, quality expectations and results.
- Design and write production code alongside your teammates to set the engineering bar by example.
- Join recurring leadership discussions and work with a product partner as a peer to achieve business goals.
- Coach and support engineers and team leads, strengthening their skills while remaining a hands-on contributor.
- Review and ship work while safeguarding quality and pace across multiple engineering groups.
- Encourage AI-first habits by building on current AI models and bringing consistency to the AI-assisted development tools the teams use.
- Contribute to a range of platform areas, such as runtime services, intelligent agents, integrations and data infrastructure.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A decade or more of engineering experience delivering critical systems that run in production at significant scale.
- Solid skills in software design, reviewing technical architecture and writing code yourself.
- A record of launching new products from the ground up and carrying responsibility for an entire area of the system.
- Daily, in-depth use of current AI-assisted development tools.
- At least 2 years of recent experience at a growth-stage startup; a background at a large technology company is also welcome.
- Sound engineering fundamentals, ideally with Node.js and Python.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
- Ability to work on-site 5 days a week.
Bonus points
- Experience as a technical founder or founding engineer.
- Familiarity with conversational or voice AI, or with financial services technology.
- Articles, conference presentations or open-source contributions related to AI or platform engineering.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 335,000 to 375,000 per year
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
- Flexible time off
- Paid parental leave
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Family benefits
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time