Backend Software Engineer

Raydar is recruiting for a fast-growing financial technology company seeking a Backend Software Engineer to own and build core backend infrastructure. The role involves designing systems, delivering production features end to end, strengthening architecture and codebases, and contributing to team growth and engineering culture.

Responsibilities

Ship code to production early and take full responsibility for its quality

Build and own core infrastructure, data storage layers and system architecture

Write specs, design systems and deliver features end to end without heavy direction

Extend and harden the existing codebase so it keeps pace as usage and complexity increase

Collaborate directly with the founding team in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment

Help hire teammates and contribute to engineering culture as the team expands

Preferred

Prior experience as a CTO or founding engineer

Strong competitive programming or research achievements

Background at a high-caliber quantitative trading or financial firm

Experience building software in regulated industries or financial services

CTO Experience

Founding Engineer Experience

Competitive Programming

Research Achievements

Quantitative Trading Experience

Financial Firm Experience

Software Development

Regulated Industries Experience

Financial Services Experience

Benefits

Equity

Relocation support

Company

Recruitment support for crypto and Web3 companies

Santa Monica, California, US

http://raydar.xyz/

Founded in 2021

11-50 employees

Qualifications

2 to 7 years of backend development experience, with exceptional recent graduates considered if they have a strong internship track record

Strong Python and backend fundamentals, with a record of shipping production-grade code quickly

Depth in system design, including PostgreSQL and ownership of scalable architecture

Comfort working in cloud environments with common API and container tooling

A high-agency mindset and a habit of taking extreme ownership

A history of solving hard problems independently

Interpersonal skills and a desire to grow into a team lead position

Prior experience as a CTO or founding engineer

Strong competitive programming or research achievements

Background at a high-caliber quantitative trading or financial firm

Experience building software in regulated industries or financial services

2 to 7 years of backend development experience, with exceptional recent graduates considered if they have a strong internship track record.

Required skills

Represents the skills you have, click on the tags, Backend Development, System Design, PostgreSQL, Scalable Architecture, Financial Services

Preferred skills

Prior experience as a CTO or founding engineer, Strong competitive programming or research achievements

Experience

2-7 years