Founding Engineer
Raydar
Founding Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-04
Salary: USD 175,000–300,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is an insurance company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and refine AI-driven software in a small engineering group, owning features across the stack from data models to user-facing interfaces. The work centers on automating internal analytical and operational workflows, with a focus on reliability and careful evaluation of AI behavior. The role also shapes the team's engineering practices and system design as the group grows.
What you'll do
- Build and iterate on AI-driven software that automates internal analytical and operational workflows.
- Take full-stack features from design through production across Python and TypeScript.
- Partner with non-engineering colleagues to build tools that expand their capacity and output.
- Create evaluation frameworks, safety checks and reliability tooling for AI systems where errors carry real consequences.
- Help define engineering culture and architecture as part of an early, growing engineering team.
What we're looking for
- 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
- Experience with AI engineering, such as agents, evaluations, LLM APIs or fine-tuning, or a strong interest in it.
- Full-stack or backend-focused background, with no pure frontend-only profiles considered.
- Experience owning and shipping a full-stack product end-to-end, from idea to production.
- Experience at a leading product company or venture-backed startup at staff or tech-lead scope, or having founded a company.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field from a top-25 university.
- A humble, service-oriented attitude and a collaborative approach with colleagues outside engineering.
Bonus points
- Experience in healthcare or insurance technology.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $175K - $300K
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco, CA, United States or New York, NY, United States
- On-site, 5 days 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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