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Senior Backend Software Engineer

Posted 2 days ago

OfficeSeattle, Washington, United StatesSE167k - 230k USD

About the company

Our client is a technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of a high-value software product, shaping its backend services and the user-facing screens that sit on top of them. The work blends hands-on engineering with experimentation, metric-setting and regular partnership with colleagues from several business functions.

What you'll do

- Lead a core product from concept through production, building automation that removes manual steps from a multi-stage workflow.

- Write dependable server-side code, mainly in Java, and contribute user interface work that makes progress and results easy to see.

- Use controlled experiments to lift automation rates and success rates, and set the measures that show whether changes are paying off.

- Keep the platform healthy by choosing solid designs, writing tests, adding monitoring and aiming for minimal downtime.

- Partner with product, data, operations and support teammates so that customer input becomes concrete technical improvements.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally at a leading technology company.

- A history of delivering large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed services.

- Background in workflow automation, system integrations or payment and dispute processing.

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline.

- Deep working knowledge of Java for server-side development.

- Senior-level ability to design systems and make architectural decisions.

- Comfort contributing on both the server side and the user interface.

- Skill at explaining engineering trade-offs in plain language to colleagues outside engineering.

- Current US work authorization and availability to work on-site five days a week in Seattle.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 167,000 to 230,000 per year

- Equity

- Annual performance bonus

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Disability and life insurance

- Retirement plan

- Flexible time off

- Paid holidays and parental leave

Location and work model

- Seattle, WA, United States

- On-site, 5 days per week in office

- Full-time

About Raydar

At Raydar we help innovative companies find the solutions they need to supercharge their growth. See website for full list of active open roles: www.raydar.xyz/open-roles

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