Senior / Staff Product Engineer, Backend
Build and extend core backend platform handling 1B+ daily API calls using TypeScript, Rust, and geospatial databases. Collaborate with customers, work across API layers and pipelines at massive scale.
About the job
What you’ll do
- Work on core Radar products using TypeScript, Rust, Python and Scala
- Work on features across the backend API layer and offline pipelines
- Have your work power 1 Billion API calls / day
- Talk to Radar customers and prospects, hear their feedback, incorporate it into your work and make them successful
You should
- Think of yourself as a generalist engineer first, not tied to any particular stack
- Are interested in talking to customers or prospects and making them successful
- Are deeply curious about how things work, and have the tenacity to sit with hard problems and power through them
Bonus points if you
- Are a former technical co-founder
- Have worked on a high throughput, high growth SaaS application
- Have worked on geospatial infrastructure
Compensation
For candidates based in the United States, the base salary range for this full-time position is between $200,000 - $300,000/year with an opportunity for performance bonuses and incentives. In addition to cash compensation, Radar offers full-time employees stock option grants under its equity plan. 401(k) plan with 4% match Health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% coverage for employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave Unlimited PTO Catered lunches Commuter and fitness benefits
Skills
TypeScript, Rust, Python, Scala, Node.js, Kubernetes, AWS, Terraform, MongoDB, Redis
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