Software Engineer
Raydar
Software Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · Palo Alto, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-12
Salary: USD 200,000–300,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a financial technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own software projects from first idea through to production in a small, high-autonomy engineering team. Build and extend data, research and execution systems, and work closely with researchers on modeling. The role spans a broad range of problems and rewards curiosity and independent thinking.
What you'll do
- Take projects from concept through implementation and into production, owning them end to end.
- Build and extend existing systems, or create new ones, for data pipelines, signal generation and research infrastructure.
- Develop automated execution systems and internal tooling that shorten the path from idea to live experiment.
- Partner directly with quantitative and AI researchers on new modeling approaches.
- Contribute across several technical areas, including low-latency infrastructure, security and machine learning.
What we're looking for
- Degree in computer science, math, statistics or physics.
- Experience building and shipping a project end to end as the owner, from first idea to production.
- Hands-on background in financial or trading software, data platforms, or a fintech or crypto environment.
- Exceptional software engineering skills in Python or C++.
- A solid grasp of statistics and the ability to draw sound conclusions from messy, imperfect data.
- Experience with AI-assisted development workflows.
- Ability to work on-site in the office five days a week.
- Roughly 1 to 5 years of experience, with curiosity about financial markets and comfort with ambiguity.
Bonus points
- Prior internship at a quantitative trading firm.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year
- Ownership stake in the company
- Performance bonus
Location and work model
- Palo Alto, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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