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