# Founding Software Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-06

**Salary:** USD 180,000–220,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is a software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Act as an early engineer with broad ownership of a software product, spanning conventional application work and AI-driven components. Partner closely with engineering leadership and with end users to build, rework and improve key areas of the product.

What you'll do

\- Deliver new product capabilities from data layer through server logic to user interface.

\- Create and refine AI-powered agent functionality within the product.

\- Redesign and take responsibility for central product areas such as user onboarding.

\- Support customers by email, chat and live calls, troubleshooting problems and learning how the product gets used.

\- Contribute to establishing how the team plans and ships product work.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- At least 4 years of professional software engineering experience.

\- Strong skills in Python, with solid experience in React and cloud infrastructure on AWS.

\- Has shipped an LLM-powered or agent-style system to production and can walk through its design, behavior and validation.

\- Real interest in owning the entire codebase rather than only the AI-focused parts.

\- Comfort supporting customers directly.

\- Ability to work on-site in San Francisco, with occasional remote days.

\- US citizenship is required.

Bonus points

\- Time spent at an early-stage startup where responsibilities were wide-ranging.

\- Ability to clearly justify technical decisions on tooling, design and testing.

\- Background in a compliance-heavy sector.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 220,000 per year

\- Equity

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, CA, United States

\- On-site, with occasional remote days

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/1806F55346/apply)

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