# Founding Backend Software Engineer

About the company Our client is an artificial intelligence company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as one of the first engineers on a small team to design the backend foundations for long-running automated software processes. The work covers system design, implementation and production operation, with substantial influence over architecture and technical direction. What you'll do - Design and build backend systems that run long-lived automated processes reliably and securely. - Build execution, state tracking and recovery mechanisms so work continues through failures and interruptions. - Create structured data models for tasks, context and workflows that automated processes depend on. - Set up automated and human review systems to measure output quality and reliability. - Implement access controls, monitoring and debugging tools. - Shape the architecture and technical direction alongside company leadership. - Take projects from initial design through production deployment, and assess which internal components could later be offered as standalone developer tools. Requirements What we're looking for - 2 to 5 years of experience building back

- **Id**: 4303358
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/raydar-founding-backend-software-engineer>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T05:06:09Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T05:06:09Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2300
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4478753
- **Name**: Raydar
- **Domain**: raydar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/raydar-com>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 75
- **Open postings**: 19
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 1
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 23
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 200000
- **Max**: 400000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 400000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T05:06:09Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 32; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 32 of its adverts here in 24 months; Filings 12m: 0

## Liveness

- **Score**: 38
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.379
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 23
- **Reasons**: conf:0, agency, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T05:58:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 400000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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