Founding Software Engineer

About the company

Our client is an industrial technology startup developing software and advanced manufacturing systems. Its engineers connect digital products with real-world production processes.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as a Founding Software Engineer and own software across factory operations, automation, and simulation. You will act as a product engineer, identifying problems and delivering solutions independently.

What you'll do

• Build systems for supply chain, quoting, pricing, inventory, and production flow.

• Develop simulation tools using manufacturing data.

• Ingest equipment telemetry and orchestrate automation.

• Build data models that represent physical manufacturing processes.

• Work with hardware and automation engineers on end-to-end solutions.

• Identify product priorities, set goals, and ship production software.

• Requirements

• What we're looking for

• 2+ years of experience shipping production-grade software.

• Full-stack TypeScript experience with Python or Go backend skills.

• Ability to own products and technical decisions end to end.

• Experience designing backend systems that model real-world processes.

• Comfort working independently through ambiguity and defining user needs.

• Ability to meet the client's applicable export-control eligibility requirements.

• Bonus points

• Manufacturing software, automation, or factory exposure.

• CAD, computational geometry, or 3D systems experience.

• Data engineering or simulation experience.

• Benefits

• Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 140,000 to 200,000 per year.

• Equity: 0.2% to 1.0%.

• Relocation support.

• Meals and productivity tools are covered.

• A signing bonus may be considered.

• Location and work model

• Los Angeles, California, United States.

• Five days per week onsite.