Staff Software Engineer

About the company Our client is a fast-growing healthcare technology company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Guide the technical strategy for a platform engineering group responsible for large-scale data movement between internal services and outside systems. Take cross-team initiatives from early design to live operation while coaching experienced engineers and strengthening engineering practices. What you'll do

• Define the technical roadmap for a data platform and decide what gets built and how it is delivered as demand grows.
• Own the architecture for data pipelines, workflow engines and storage layers that exchange information with a wide range of external systems.
• Look several quarters ahead for scaling and reliability concerns and resolve them before they cause outages.
• Set expectations for monitoring, tracing, alerting, service level targets and safe production releases.
• Drive large initiatives that span multiple systems, covering design, build, migration, launch and ongoing operations.
• Work with platform and product colleagues to safeguard sensitive information, strengthen security controls and meet compliance obligations.
• Coach senior engineers, lead design discussions and offer candid, constructive feedback.

Requirements

What we're looking for

• A decade or more of hands-on experience designing and running large, high-volume distributed software.
• Advanced knowledge of Postgres or a comparable relational database, including concurrency handling and query and storage tuning.
• A track record of making sound architectural calls on long-running projects with real-world limits.
• Production experience with a major cloud platform and container orchestration, plus strong backend skills in Python and Go.
• Working knowledge of core network behavior and fluency with monitoring and observability tooling.
• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Skill at translating engineering tradeoffs into plain language that business partners can act on.
• Experience guiding experienced engineers through reviews and feedback.
• A habit of spotting structural weaknesses early and fixing their underlying causes.
• Comfort with ambiguity and pace in a young company, including frequent releases and carrying work from concept to delivery.
• Ability to work hybrid from the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles; this role is not remote. Bonus points
• Background with healthcare data exchange standards, or with regulated environments requiring HIPAA and SOC 2 compliance; fintech or fast-growing SaaS experience is also valued.
• Experience with durable workflow orchestration tools.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

• Base salary: USD 210,000 to 275,000 per year
• Equity
• Health, dental and vision coverage
• Parental leave
• Flexible time off
• Pre-tax health and commuter benefits Location and work model
• San Francisco, Mountain View or Los Angeles, CA, United States
• Hybrid
• Full-time