Founding Engineer

About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and ship core backend features in a distributed systems codebase, owning reliability across several major cloud providers. Work directly with technical customers to help them close deals, and produce documentation and public-facing interfaces. What you'll do - Create the underlying platform pieces and scalable server-side logic, mainly in a low-level systems language. - Design for failure modes and edge cases across multiple cloud providers. - Move quickly by directing AI coding tools to accelerate delivery. - Partner with technical customers in shared chat channels to support their purchasing decisions. - Produce clear technical documentation and help shape public-facing interfaces and publicly shared code. Requirements What we're looking for - Experience at a developer infrastructure startup. - Strong written and verbal communication skills. - Cloud engineering experience with major providers, container orchestration and relational databases. - Working knowledge of Rust or Go, with Rust preferred. - Self-motivated, with a drive to take ownership as part of a founding team. Bonus points - Experience as a founding engineer. - Experience maintaining or operating production systems at scale. - Familiarity with managed Kubernetes services. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 155,000 to 200,000 per year - Equity - Remote-friendly work environment Location and work model - Remote (US) - Full-time