Software Engineer

About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as an early engineering hire, designing, building and owning production features of an AI-driven software platform from first idea through release. The role involves working closely with technical leadership, internal subject-matter experts and clients to turn real operational needs into shipped software. What you'll do - Build and own a conversational search and analysis feature that lets users query large bodies of data and generate work products. - Design and ship automated multi-step workflows, including structured data extraction and tool-calling systems that run reliably at scale. - Build the supporting infrastructure that keeps language-model features production-ready, including evaluation, observability, structured outputs, error handling and monitoring. - Work with clients and internal experts to understand operations, spot automation opportunities and deliver features end-to-end. - Partner closely with technical leadership to develop deep expertise in your area of the platform and eventually own it independently. Requirements What we're looking for - Background building business-to-business AI products or large-scale document processing systems. - A track record of delivering and maintaining live software where reliability matters. - Hands-on experience with LLM agents, tool-calling and multi-step AI workflows, including handling nondeterminism and context management. - Strong backend engineering skills in Python at platform scale. - Comfort designing database schemas for layered, interconnected information. - Understanding of retrieval-augmented generation. - Ability to own features end-to-end without detailed specs or design support, communicating proactively. - A four-year degree. - Ability to work on-site five days a week. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 165,000 to 185,000 per year - Equity Location and work model - New York, NY, United States - On-site, 5 days per week in office - Full-time