Senior Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing financial technology company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and own partner-facing application programming interfaces and the backend services behind them, working across a Python web application and its front end. Tune database performance and backend systems so new partners can be onboarded quickly. Take features from design through delivery with a high degree of independence.

What you'll do

- Design and build partner-facing interfaces covering transactions, reconciliation and product catalog data.

- Tune database queries and backend performance in a Python web application to support fast partner onboarding.

- Build and improve a partner-facing dashboard, using your own interfaces as its first client.

- Work with product and commercial teams to extend interfaces as new partner categories launch.

- Use AI coding assistants to speed up delivery and ship at a rapid pace.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Proven track record shipping server-side code in a Python web framework.

- Strong backend-leaning full-stack software engineering experience.

- Hands-on experience instrumenting metrics and tuning performance using data.

- Skill in shaping service interfaces and improving how data is stored and queried.

- High rate of personal growth and senior-level impact.

- Comfortable working with autonomy in ambiguous settings without a highly structured roadmap.

- Degree in Computer Science or an equivalent field.

Bonus points

- Experience delivering partner-facing features and integrations end to end.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Salary: $175K to $225K

- Equity

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Health savings account contributions

- Retirement plan

- Flexible time off

Location and work model

- Remote (US)

- Full-time