# Backend Software Engineer

> Raydar · New York, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-11

**Salary:** USD 200,000–230,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the server-side engineering of a software platform, from core business logic and data pipelines to the APIs and live data feeds that users rely on. The role pairs hands-on engineering with input into product direction at an early stage.

What you'll do

\- Build and maintain core transaction logic, ledger data ingestion pipelines, and external APIs and streaming services.

\- Design data schemas, state handling, failure recovery and consistency across off-chain and on-chain components.

\- Manage cloud infrastructure, messaging and data stores, including deployment automation, monitoring and on-call support.

\- Work directly with founders to shape product decisions and technical priorities.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 5 or more years of experience as a senior or staff-level engineer.

\- Hands-on experience running distributed systems in production, including diagnosing and resolving root causes under pressure.

\- Strong systems design skills for distributed architectures.

\- Solid computer science foundation in architecture, databases and scaling.

\- Strong written and spoken communication in English.

\- Senior-level title, or a clear path to promotion for candidates at the lower end of the experience range.

Bonus points

\- Prior experience as a founder.

\- Proficiency in a performance-focused compiled language, with Rust being especially welcome.

\- Experience with Redis, Kafka, Postgres or AWS.

\- Background at a large technology company followed by startup experience.

\- Prior work on financial trading infrastructure, such as order routing or price feed systems.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 230,000 per year

\- Equity

\- Relocation support

Location and work model

\- New York, NY, United States

\- Hybrid, 3 days per week in office

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/7CA70E1EE3/apply)

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