# Staff Software Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-27

**Salary:** USD 231,000–340,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Guide the technical direction of a document-editing plug-in and related integrations, owning design decisions from early architecture through production release. This senior role suits an engineer with years of hands-on experience delivering browser-hosted plug-ins at scale, who will also coach other engineers and partner closely with product, design and backend colleagues.

What you'll do

\- Guide the technical direction of a document-editing plug-in and sibling integrations for a productivity suite.

\- Build AI-assisted editing features covering automated document rewrites, reviewable markup and rule-based review automation.

\- Coordinate API and interface decisions with product, design, server-side and document engine colleagues.

\- Architect dependable code that runs across desktop platforms and the web, managing host differences and version compatibility.

\- Take features from design through production release, with polished interactions and graceful failure handling.

\- Extend work into adjacent email integrations and help design next-generation AI interfaces across the company's productivity tools.

\- Coach fellow engineers and set high standards for quality and developer tooling.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- Usually five or more years of professional software engineering experience.

\- Proven delivery of production plug-ins built with a JavaScript add-in framework at scale.

\- Background at large technology companies or fast-moving, high-growth startups.

\- Solid front-end engineering skills in TypeScript or JavaScript, along with markup and styling.

\- Working knowledge of host-application plug-in architecture, API version sets, configuration files and multi-platform constraints.

\- Demonstrated success delivering fast, refined software that users depend on every day.

Bonus points

\- Familiarity with document engines, open document XML formats or change-tracking and revision markup.

\- Background in enterprise software or SaaS products.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: $231K - $340K

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, CA, United States; New York, NY, United States; Toronto, ON, Canada; or Chicago, IL, United States

\- Hybrid, with in-office hubs in these cities

\- Remote may be considered for exceptional candidates, depending on location

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/7015E6A8AA/apply)

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