The role, as published
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Work hands-on with large business customers, embedding with their teams to turn early prototypes into dependable production systems. Combine engineering skill with clear communication, guiding delivery from scoping through launch and sharing what you learn with product and go-to-market colleagues.
What you'll do
- Lead projects end to end, from first prototype through production rollout, and report on progress and risks clearly.
- Become an in-house expert on building AI-driven solutions, including prompt design for large language models.
- Build full-stack integrations with common business systems such as CRMs, ERPs and scheduling tools.
- Join sales conversations to gather requirements, build demo prototypes and present proposed system designs.
- Scope work, clear blockers and keep customer and internal teams aligned with brief status updates.
- Turn recurring solutions into reusable tools or platform components.
- Convert customer feedback into concrete product and go-to-market recommendations.
What we're looking for
- Working expertise in Python and AWS, along with modern web development.
- Experience at several startups, ideally as a founder or early engineer, or a long tenure at a large tech company with quick promotions.
- At least 1.5 years at a venture-backed startup.
- Customer-facing experience, for example as a solutions engineer, technical product manager or founder.
- Deep knowledge of distributed systems and a record of writing production-grade code.
- A bachelor's degree in a technical engineering or computing discipline.
- A hands-on working style and strong communication skills, with comfort collaborating closely with customers and internal teams.
- A collaborative mindset, willingness to speak up with improvement ideas, and founder-level ownership in a fast-paced setting.
Bonus points
- Prior exposure to conversational AI products.
- Many years of experience at an advanced level of responsibility.
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision coverage
Location and work model
- Redwood City, CA, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in the office
- Full-time
Compensation, as the posting describes it
- Equity