Staff Software Engineer

About the company Our client is a fast-growing software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the design and delivery of backend services and APIs at a senior level, collaborating with peers on integrations and cross-functional features. Keep core systems reliable and performant as usage grows, and help raise engineering standards across teams. What you'll do - Scope, design and build resilient, high-performing backend services. - Team up with other engineers to ship integrations and multi-part backend features. - Maintain and improve existing integrations while planning ahead for future needs and growth. - Diagnose and fix defects, performance bottlenecks and developer-experience pain points in the codebase. - Push forward engineering practices and technical improvements. - Create a shared internal API over company data and store large volumes of metrics gathered from external providers. Requirements What we're looking for - At least six years of hands-on experience shipping and running production software at scale. - Strong backend and third-party API experience, with willingness to work across the stack when needed. - A record of taking products from zero to one, including AI features running in production. - A career spent mostly at startups, with recent time at an AI-focused company. - Experience with asynchronous message queue systems. - Experience with MongoDB or a similar document database. - Comfort with data modeling, ETL pipelines and streamlining how data is structured. - If Node.js is not your main language, evidence of picking up new languages and stacks quickly in early-stage settings. - Experience working directly with clients or non-technical stakeholders. - Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to explain technical matters in business terms. - Pragmatic problem solving and the ability to thrive amid shifting priorities. - Interest in AI and machine learning. - Based in North America or Western Europe. Bonus points - Deep backend experience with Node.js and TypeScript. - Experience with event-driven or asynchronous systems. - Founder or founding engineer experience. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: CAD 200,000 to 250,000 per year - Equity - Health coverage - Paid time off - Wellness and home office stipends Location and work model - Remote (US or Canada) - Full-time