# Founding Engineer

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

**Salary:** USD 175,000–300,000

**Workplace:** on_site

## Description

About the company

Our client is an insurance company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and refine AI-driven software in a small engineering group, owning features across the stack from data models to user-facing interfaces. The work centers on automating internal analytical and operational workflows, with a focus on reliability and careful evaluation of AI behavior. The role also shapes the team's engineering practices and system design as the group grows.

What you'll do

\- Build and iterate on AI-driven software that automates internal analytical and operational workflows.

\- Take full-stack features from design through production across Python and TypeScript.

\- Partner with non-engineering colleagues to build tools that expand their capacity and output.

\- Create evaluation frameworks, safety checks and reliability tooling for AI systems where errors carry real consequences.

\- Help define engineering culture and architecture as part of an early, growing engineering team.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 2 to 8 years of software engineering experience.

\- Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.

\- Experience with AI engineering, such as agents, evaluations, LLM APIs or fine-tuning, or a strong interest in it.

\- Full-stack or backend-focused background, with no pure frontend-only profiles considered.

\- Experience owning and shipping a full-stack product end-to-end, from idea to production.

\- Experience at a leading product company or venture-backed startup at staff or tech-lead scope, or having founded a company.

\- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field from a top-25 university.

\- A humble, service-oriented attitude and a collaborative approach with colleagues outside engineering.

Bonus points

\- Experience in healthcare or insurance technology.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: $175K - $300K

\- Equity

Location and work model

\- San Francisco, CA, United States or New York, NY, United States

\- On-site, 5 days in-office

\- Full-time

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/B87044B06F/apply)

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