Software Engineer

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build reusable interactive front-end components for a browser-based product, concentrating on graphics rendering and speed. Carry features from concept through release alongside product, design and content colleagues, and keep the codebase easy to work in for both people and AI tools.

What you’ll do

• Create new interactive components that hold users’ attention and make core concepts engaging.

• Design clear, expressive APIs that are used by both people and automated AI systems.

• Own implementation of user-facing features end to end, from initial idea to launch.

• Collaborate daily with product, design and content colleagues in a cross-functional group.

• Tackle demanding browser rendering and performance challenges in an environment closer to a game engine than a typical web app.

• Produce clean, dependable code that is straightforward for colleagues and AI assistants to read, extend and maintain., 185K-327K Annually Senior level 185K-327K Annually Senior level Blockchain * eCommerce * Fintech * Payments * Software * Financial Services * Cryptocurrency Build and operate database and storage platform software, including services, APIs, developer tools, migrations, and lifecycle automation. Solve database scaling, performance, reliability, and availability problems across distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and backend services. Partner with engineering teams on schemas and queries, lead technical projects, modernize platforms, participate in incident response, and use AI-assisted tools in development. Top Skills: Ai-Assisted Engineering ToolsAmazon ElasticacheAWSAws AuroraDynamoDBGoJavaKubernetesMySQLOpensearchRedisRubyVitess Cash App

Senior Software Engineer

Yesterday Remote or Hybrid CA, USA 185K-327K Annually Senior level 185K-327K Annually Senior level Blockchain * Fintech * Mobile * Payments * Software * Financial Services Build and operate database and storage platform software, including services, APIs, and developer tools for provisioning, migrations, upgrades, and lifecycle management. Solve scaling, performance, reliability, and data correctness challenges across databases, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking. Partner with engineering teams on schemas and platform adoption, lead technical projects through rollout, participate in on-call response, and use AI-assisted tools in development. Top Skills: Ai-Assisted Engineering ToolsAmazon ElasticacheAPIsAWSAws AuroraBackend ServicesDynamoDBGoJavaKubernetesMySQLObservability ToolingOpensearchRedisRubyVitess Affirm

7 or more years of professional web engineering, with game, animation or interactive media work viewed favorably.

• Strong command of browser rendering and performance, including canvas and native browser APIs.

• A body of self-directed interactive web projects, such as games, demos or visual explainers.

• Skill at explaining the technical design of past projects alongside their impact on users and the business.

• Regular, purposeful use of AI tools in daily engineering work, with well-formed opinions on good practice.

• Based in the US or Canada.

Bonus points

• Familiarity with functional programming, or eagerness to pick it up.

• Experience in teaching or creating tools for educators.

• Previous work at a young company whose product centers on graphics-heavy collaborative or design software.

• Experience in a small company or founding role with a high degree of autonomy.

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 180,000 to 250,000 per year

• Equity

• Health, dental and vision coverage

• Flexible time off

• Professional development support, United States Easy Apply 173K-255K Annually Senior level 173K-255K Annually Senior level Big Data * Fintech * Mobile * Payments * Financial Services Architect, build, and operate large-scale relational and distributed SQL database infrastructure. Responsibilities include database control-plane automation, provisioning, failover, backups, upgrades, zero-downtime migrations, Kubernetes networking, connection proxy optimization, reliability monitoring, capacity planning, and operational support. The role also leads technical delivery, mentors engineers, establishes quality standards, collaborates cross-functionally, and contributes to team roadmap and on-call operations. Top Skills: AWSCockroachdbDynamoDBKotlinKubernetesMySQLPgbouncerPgdogPostgresProxysqlPythonRds ProxyRedisSpannerSQLTerraformTidbTlsVitess

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Our client is an education technology company.