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Senior / Staff Product Engineer, Backend

200k – 300kNew York, NYBackend EngineeringOnsite
Summary

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 role

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
TypeScriptRustPythonScalaNode.jsKubernetesAWSTerraformMongoDBRedis
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