# Backend Software Engineer

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-11-04

**Salary:** USD 160,000–200,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a cybersecurity company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and maintain server-side systems, third-party integrations and data processing services for a software platform. The role covers backend engineering across a shared data layer, cloud infrastructure and production operations, with a focus on shipping quickly and resolving live issues.

What you'll do

\- Build and maintain backend services and integrations with a large number of third-party software platforms.

\- Design and develop core components that process large volumes of event data through streaming pipelines.

\- Build data features such as scoring, outlier detection and time-series rollups within a shared multi-tenant data layer.

\- Manage cloud infrastructure, including deployment pipelines, monitoring and observability.

\- Ship features on a weekly cadence, debug production issues, and occasionally speak directly with customers.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 5+ years of backend engineering experience.

\- Deep hands-on experience with Go and with endpoint software on desktop operating systems.

\- Strong backend experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup.

\- Experience with systems internals and platform engineering.

\- A quantified record of production scale and ownership in recent work.

\- High agency, with a self-directed approach, a bias for action and clear thinking.

\- Ability to explain architectural decisions, not just the tasks completed.

Bonus points

\- Experience running LLM-based features in production.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: $160K to $200K

\- Equity

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, California, United States

\- Hybrid, with 3 days in-office

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/7DD00251C7/apply)

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