Backend Software Engineer Fast-growing software company New York $150k to $230k USD base a year

raydar; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 150 000 - 230 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Raydar is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and own backend infrastructure for automated software agents in a production environment. You will work in a TypeScript monorepo and collaborate with field-facing engineers to translate deployment learnings into platform features.

The role emphasizes building dependable, scalable platforms with a strong focus on API design, databases, and long-running workflows. On-site in New York City, full-time, with equity-based compensation.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong TypeScript backend experience.
• Solid API design and relational DB/ORM knowledge.
• Experience at high-technical-bar or early-stage companies preferred.

Responsabilités

• Build and maintain core backend infrastructure for agents and automation tasks.
• Create measurement and monitoring to show agent performance and quality.
• Own backend services and long-running workflows, APIs, and event-driven systems.
• Design clean abstractions and reusable building blocks for safe cross-system operation.

Connaissances

TypeScript

Backend engineering

API design

Relational databases

Production infrastructure

Formation

Computer Science degree

Outils

PostgreSQL

ORMs

Cloud infrastructure

Containers

Description du poste

# Backend Software EngineerFast-growing software company* LocationNew York* TypeFull-time* Posted13 October 2026Apply for this roleTalk to us firstYou apply on Workable, where Raydar manages applications.The role, as published## About the companyOur client is a fast-growing software company.## The roleRaydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Build and own backend infrastructure for automated software agents, including the tooling that measures their quality and keeps them dependable in production. Work alongside field-facing engineers to turn repeated deployment issues into shared platform features.## What you'll do* **Build and maintain core** infrastructure for agents that automate browser and desktop tasks, including tool use, state handling and retry behavior.* **Create measurement and monitoring** systems that show how well agents perform, explain their decisions and flag quality regressions.* Experiment with and ship better approaches to how agents plan, act, retain context, check their work and recover from errors.* **Own backend services and long-running workflow orchestration**, including APIs, background jobs and event-driven systems in a TypeScript monorepo.* Collaborate with customer-facing engineers to convert recurring field problems into shared platform features and internal tooling.* **Design clean abstractions** and reusable building blocks that let agents operate safely across many different external systems.## What we're looking for* **4+ years** of software engineering experience, with deep TypeScript backend and production infrastructure expertise.* Strong command of at least one statically typed language.* Solid grounding in API design, relational databases and ORMs.* A history of building dependable, scalable platforms while moving quickly.* Experience at a company with a high technical bar, or early-stage 0-to-1 or founder experience.* A computer science degree is preferred; other backgrounds considered with 4+ years at a company with a high technical bar.* Daily use of AI-assisted coding tools in your workflow.## Bonus points* Experience embedded with customers as an engineer, or shipping products built on large language models.* Background in regulated or compliance-heavy settings.* Experience with document processing, retrieval, data extraction or multimodal AI.* Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools, browser automation frameworks, or cloud infrastructure and containers.* Experience with Postgres and a TypeScript ORM.* Relocation support## Location and work model* New York City, NY, United States* On-site* Full-time## Compensation, as the posting describes it* EquityPay$150k to $230kUSD base a year