Founding Software Engineer Education technology company New York $140k to $220k USD base a year

raydar; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Job summary

Raydar is seeking a Founding Software Engineer in New York to join as an early technical hire. You will shape architecture, build automation, and own major product areas alongside the founders.

You will lead backend, mobile and customer-facing work, design scalable systems, and partner with the CTO to set the roadmap. Expect startup pace, direct customer feedback, and opportunities for equity in a growing education technology company.

Qualifications

• Track record of taking software from idea to production and owning entire systems.
• Strong backend architecture and system design for multi-source data.
• Reliability mindset with uptime, monitoring and graceful failure.
• Ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply to new problems.
• High-agency approach with responsibility for outcomes, not tasks.
• Clear spoken English for daily customer calls.
• Willingness to work at startup pace with travel to customer sites.

Responsibilities

• Build automation systems that connect with older third-party platforms and keep data in sync.
• Develop and harden a cross-platform mobile app for iOS and Android.
• Design scalable systems, infrastructure and databases with the CTO.
• Handle concurrency and asynchronous data flows across multiple data sources.
• Speak directly with customers and users, and deliver improvements based on their feedback.
• Lead whole product areas and help set their roadmap with the founders.

Skills

Backend architecture

System design

Reliability mindset

Communication

Startup pace

Customer interaction

Job description

# Founding Software EngineerEducation technology company* LocationNew York* TypeFull-time* Posted22 October 2026Apply for this roleTalk to us firstYou apply on Workable, where Raydar manages applications.The role, as published## About the companyOur client is an education technology company.## The roleRaydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Work across backend, mobile and customer-facing projects as an early technical hire. You will design reliable automation and integration systems, help shape overall architecture with technical leadership, and grow into leading major areas of the product.## What you'll do* **Build automation systems that** connect with older third-party platforms and keep data in sync reliably.* **Develop and harden** a cross-platform mobile app for iOS and Android.* **Design scalable systems**, infrastructure and databases in close partnership with the CTO.* Handle concurrency and asynchronous data flows across multiple data sources.* Speak directly with customers and users, and deliver improvements based on their feedback.* **Lead whole product areas** and help set their roadmap with the founders.## What we're looking for* A track record of taking software from idea to production and being accountable for entire systems, not just one component.* Strong backend architecture and system design skills, including work with messy, multi-source data.* A reliability mindset covering uptime, monitoring and graceful failure.* Ability to pick up new technologies and frameworks quickly and apply them to unfamiliar problems.* An adaptable, high-agency approach, taking responsibility for outcomes rather than tasks.* Sharp, clear thinking and communication, including live reasoning and clear spoken English for daily customer calls.* Comfort with very direct feedback and honesty about what systems can and cannot do.* Genuine technical curiosity and interest in the education space.* Willingness to work at a startup pace with seasonal deadlines and travel to customer sites.* Roughly 1 to 5 years of experience; promising early-career engineers are welcome, and experienced seniors are considered at higher compensation.## Bonus points* Experience with SRE or infrastructure work.* Background in K-12 education technology or student information systems.* Familiarity with iOS and Android system-level APIs.* Experience with browser automation or agent-based automation.* An eye for polished user experience.## Location and work model* New York, NY, United States* On-site, in office every day* Full-time## Compensation, as the posting describes it* EquityPay$140k to $220kUSD base a year