# Staff Software Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-21

**Salary:** USD 210,000–275,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing healthcare technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Guide the technical strategy for a platform engineering group responsible for large-scale data movement between internal services and outside systems. Take cross-team initiatives from early design to live operation while coaching experienced engineers and strengthening engineering practices.

What you'll do

\- Define the technical roadmap for a data platform and decide what gets built and how it is delivered as demand grows.

\- Own the architecture for data pipelines, workflow engines and storage layers that exchange information with a wide range of external systems.

\- Look several quarters ahead for scaling and reliability concerns and resolve them before they cause outages.

\- Set expectations for monitoring, tracing, alerting, service level targets and safe production releases.

\- Drive large initiatives that span multiple systems, covering design, build, migration, launch and ongoing operations.

\- Work with platform and product colleagues to safeguard sensitive information, strengthen security controls and meet compliance obligations.

\- Coach senior engineers, lead design discussions and offer candid, constructive feedback.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- A decade or more of hands-on experience designing and running large, high-volume distributed software.

\- Advanced knowledge of Postgres or a comparable relational database, including concurrency handling and query and storage tuning.

\- A track record of making sound architectural calls on long-running projects with real-world limits.

\- Production experience with a major cloud platform and container orchestration, plus strong backend skills in Python and Go.

\- Working knowledge of core network behavior and fluency with monitoring and observability tooling.

\- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

\- Skill at translating engineering tradeoffs into plain language that business partners can act on.

\- Experience guiding experienced engineers through reviews and feedback.

\- A habit of spotting structural weaknesses early and fixing their underlying causes.

\- Comfort with ambiguity and pace in a young company, including frequent releases and carrying work from concept to delivery.

\- Ability to work hybrid from the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles; this role is not remote.

Bonus points

\- Background with healthcare data exchange standards, or with regulated environments requiring HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance; fintech or fast-growing SaaS experience is also valued.

\- Experience with durable workflow orchestration tools.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 210,000 to 275,000 per year

\- Equity

\- Health, dental and vision coverage

\- Parental leave

\- Flexible time off

\- Pre-tax health and commuter benefits

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, Mountain View or Los Angeles, CA, United States

\- Hybrid

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/407E5E842B/apply)

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