About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Manage a backend engineering group while staying close to the technical work, splitting time between coaching people and shaping system design. Set the direction for server-side services and work with colleagues in product, data, infrastructure and front-end functions.
What you'll do
- Lead, coach and grow a group of backend engineers.
- Run planning, prioritization and delivery with a focus on dependable, scalable systems.
- Set the technical direction for backend services and interfaces so they remain secure, fast and easy to maintain.
- Turn product needs into sound backend designs alongside product and front-end partners.
- Work with data scientists to deploy models and connect decisioning logic into services and workflows.
- Partner with infrastructure engineers on reliability, monitoring and developer tooling.
- Guide architecture choices and the long-term evolution of the platform.
- Set expectations for code quality, testing and operational discipline.
- Take part in incident response and make sure services meet agreed performance commitments.
- Recruit, mentor and develop engineers while keeping hiring standards high.
- Encourage a culture of ownership, accountability and steady improvement.
- Step in on code and technical problem-solving when the team needs it.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A strong engineering background with hands-on experience building customer-facing, API-based business software at scale.
- Capacity to lead a large team that includes senior technical staff, spending about half your time on people management and half on technical work such as reviews and design.
- Several years of experience as an engineering manager for backend or platform teams, including setting strategy and roadmaps.
- A record of taking on difficult problems and growing teams and systems in early-stage or scaling companies.
- Excellent communication, with the ability to discuss technical topics in depth and explain them plainly to non-technical colleagues.
- A steady career history, with roles typically lasting around 2.5 years or longer.
- Comfort with Golang or Python and a relational database such as PostgreSQL.
Bonus points
- Experience in companies where data is the main offering.
- Background in financial technology.
- Exposure to security or fraud prevention products.
- Prior experience as a founder or senior technology leader in a small organization.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 260,000 per year
- Equity
- Health insurance for you and your dependents
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
Location and work model
- Remote (US)
- Full-time
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