About this role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the reliability, scalability and correctness of a transaction-processing platform and its supporting infrastructure. You will work across system design, deployment pipelines and monitoring, reasoning from first principles as usage grows many times over.
What you'll do
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Own the core transaction-processing systems end to end, including ledger accuracy and reconciliation.
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Keep critical services reliable, correct and able to scale as usage grows significantly.
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Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and monitoring for production systems.
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Design systems that combine many third-party vendors and understand how each component fits together.
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Prioritize tests and engineering trade-offs sensibly in a fast-moving environment.
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Requirements
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What we're looking for
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At least 2 years of experience in distributed systems engineering.
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Strong system design skills, with a deep and holistic view of complex multi-vendor architectures.
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Experience with high data throughput workloads and some exposure to security.
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A habit of reasoning from first principles rather than rigidly applying past solutions.
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A strong sense of reliability and correctness under pressure.
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High agency and autonomy, comfortable in a flat, hands-on team.
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Comfortable using AI tools productively without depending on them.
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No prior payments or fintech background is required.
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Bonus points
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Experience with fast scaling at a growth-stage company.
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Background on infrastructure teams at large cloud, trading or consumer technology companies.
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Experience leading high-throughput distributed systems.
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Benefits
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Compensation and benefits
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Base salary: USD 150,000 to 210,000 per year
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Equity
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Medical, dental and vision coverage
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Life insurance
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Health FSA
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Retirement plan
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Location and work model
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San Francisco, CA, United States
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On-site, in office
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Full-time