# Software Engineer > Raydar · Palo Alto, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-12 **Salary:** USD 200,000–300,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a financial technology company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own software projects from first idea through to production in a small, high-autonomy engineering team. Build and extend data, research and execution systems, and work closely with researchers on modeling. The role spans a broad range of problems and rewards curiosity and independent thinking. What you'll do \- Take projects from concept through implementation and into production, owning them end to end. \- Build and extend existing systems, or create new ones, for data pipelines, signal generation and research infrastructure. \- Develop automated execution systems and internal tooling that shorten the path from idea to live experiment. \- Partner directly with quantitative and AI researchers on new modeling approaches. \- Contribute across several technical areas, including low-latency infrastructure, security and machine learning. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- Degree in computer science, math, statistics or physics. \- Experience building and shipping a project end to end as the owner, from first idea to production. \- Hands-on background in financial or trading software, data platforms, or a fintech or crypto environment. \- Exceptional software engineering skills in Python or C++. \- A solid grasp of statistics and the ability to draw sound conclusions from messy, imperfect data. \- Experience with AI-assisted development workflows. \- Ability to work on-site in the office five days a week. \- Roughly 1 to 5 years of experience, with curiosity about financial markets and comfort with ambiguity. Bonus points \- Prior internship at a quantitative trading firm. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year \- Ownership stake in the company \- Performance bonus Location and work model \- Palo Alto, CA, United States \- On-site, 5 days per week in office \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/8E414F3150/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)