--- title: 'Senior / Staff Platform Engineer at Radar' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-platform-engineer-radar-new-york-4kasmbzkth6b' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-06' --- # Senior / Staff Platform Engineer at Radar - **Company:** Radar - **Location:** New York, NY - **Compensation:** $200k–$300k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-07-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/radar/ee0bf269-c286-4815-86d4-2b19d7b77448 ## Job description Radar https://radar.com is the global leader in geolocation, with geofencing SDKs, maps APIs, and AI-enabled solutions for marketing, fraud, and operations teams. Why is Radar the best place to work? - We're trusted by some of the world's best companies, from high-growth startups to the Fortune 500. - We have incredible scale: We're processing over 1 billion API calls per day from hundreds of millions of devices. - We're well-resourced, and we've raised $85.5M from world-class investors, including Accel and Insight Partners. - We have a high-performance culture, with ambitious and entrepreneurial teammates in every role. - We recently moved into an amazing new office in Flatiron, Manhattan, NYC. - We were recently named a top 10 best place to work in NYC by Crain's. Despite our growth and scale, we're still just getting started. That's where you come in. About the role: We're looking for Platform Engineers to help us build, operate, and secure Radar’s infrastructure, developer platform, and data systems in order to make Radar the most reliable and trusted location platform in the world. Your focus will be in the application layer, but you will also help connect application and infrastructure development through automated tooling and workflows. Our daily traffic is 1 Billion API calls / day (15,000 requests / second), so you will be operating at scale in helping our engineers deliver features quickly and at high quality. This role can either be in our NYC HQ or remote in the US. How we work: Most of our engineering team are former technical co-founders or former Radar interns from schools like Waterloo and CMU. Most engineers at Radar fit one of two molds, technically: either Staff level expertise in one stack, or "Multi-Stack" at any level. We say "Multi-Stack" because "Full-Stack" has the connotation of "Frontend and Backend", but Radar Engineers might also work on Mobile or Data engineering. Not that you need to be an expert in all of those, but a desire to learn, jump around to different stacks, and get things done is the important part. We care a lot about shipping fast and talking to customers. We're committed to our product vision of full-stack location infrastructure, but we also know that customer feedback is a treasure map to gold. Even though Slack is the brain of our company, working together in-person in our NYC HQ is the fastest way for us to get things done. We meet on Mondays to plan out work for the week in small groups and use Linear for planning. To us, a week is a long time, and we expect to ship big things every week. The stack: - The API layer is a Node.js + TypeScript app. - We ship SDKs for iOS, Android, React Native, and more https://docs.radar.com/sdk/sdk. - Our main backend service is a geospatial database written in Rust that we call HorizonDB https://radar.com/blog/high-performance-geocoding-in-rust. - We use MongoDB, S3/Athena, Redis, and Airflow. - Everything is deployed to AWS via Kubernetes on EKS using Terraform . - We use Terraform to manage our infrastructure. - We deploy everything to AWS via EKS. - We use MongoDB deployed to Atlas. - We do CI and deployments via CircleCI. - We monitor production with CloudWatch, Grafana, Pingdom and PagerDuty. - Most engineers are in the on-call rotation. - We sponsor OpenStreetMaps, MapLibre and OpenAddresses. How we use AI: - Engineers choose what AI tools they use, Claude and Codex being the most popular. - We're actively building Claude skills - for example we've taught it how to debug HorizonDB, our geospatial database. - All code changes are reviewed by an Engineer knowledgeable in that area. Claude and Codex also review all PRs. - There is a range of how much engineers use AI. Most use it daily if not weekly. - We are excited about what AI can do, but we also recognize the risks and don't compromise our coding standards. The hiring process: After a call with our Technical Recruiter, you'll do several technical Zoom calls with members of our engineering team: code screen, coding round, and system design round. If those go well we'll invite you to our NYC HQ for a final round interview. You'll meet one of our co-founders, someone from outside engineering, and meet more people from Radar. We'll go into more depth about how we work to see if there is a match. What you’ll do: - Work on core Radar technology using TypeScript, Rust, Python and Scala. - Collaborate with our product engineering and SRE teams to build highly available systems with 99.99%+ monthly uptime. - Work with product, SRE, and data teams to enable self-serve capabilities, including build/test/deploy infrastructure, observability improvements, data pipeline investments, and automation. - Build and support core platform capabilities like IAM, feature flagging, application rate limiting, and more. - Drive development, including supporting our server, frontend, mobile, and desktop frameworks, and integrating safe AI-enabled development practices throughout our SDLC. - With QA, enable test automation and coverage for developers throughout our application, data, and infrastructure stack. - Help integrate security and compliance practices into every stage of the development lifecycle, from design to deployment. - Have your work power 1 billion+ API calls a day and used on 300MM+ devices - Talk to Radar customers and prospects, hear their feedback, incorporate it into your work and make them successful You should: - Have a good understanding of coding practices and system design, and be strongly familiar with infrastructure technologies. - Have experience at a high growth startup - Think of yourself as a generalist engineer first, not tied to any particular stack - Be interested in talking to customers or prospects and making them successful 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 You’ll work with: - Tim Julien https://www.linkedin.com/in/timjulien/, CTO - Leo Kim https://www.linkedin.com/in/leokim/, VP Platform - Our customers and prospects - Our Customer Success, Sales Engineering, and Sales teams What we offer: - Competitive salary - Meaningful stock options in a fast-growing company - 401(k) plan with 4% match - New HQ in Flatiron, NYC - Top-notch equipment - Catered lunches - Unlimited PTO - Health, dental, and vision insurance with 100% coverage for employees - 12 weeks of paid parental leave - Commuter and fitness benefits 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. This is a meaningful ownership stake in the company we provide to our employees as we build a category-defining company. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on this job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Your exact offer may vary based on market location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. ## About Radar ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Radar is the world’s first Location OS, providing next‑gen geofencing, maps, and AI‑enabled infrastructure for fraud detection, operations optimization, and customer engagement. - **Entity Type**: Private (venture‑backed, $85.5M total funding) - **Headquarters**: New York, NY (Flatiron district), USA - **Founded**: 2016 - **Founders**: Nick Patrick (CEO) and Coby Berman (COO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Location technology / geolocation infrastructure - **Target customers**: B2B – from high‑growth startups to Fortune 500 enterprises (e.g., DICK’S Sporting Goods, T‑Mobile, Inspire Brands, bet365) - **Mission or purpose**: Connect the digital and physical worlds with location infrastructure for every product and service. ## Products & Services - **Geofencing (Radar Engage/Protect/Optimize)**: Hyper‑accurate real‑time location tracking and geofencing SDK that powers engagement, fraud prevention, and operational visibility. - **Maps (Radar Maps)**: Customizable mapping, geocoding, search, and routing APIs offered at lower cost than legacy providers. - **Radar Protect**: AI‑enabled fraud solution using location signals to stop fraud, verify user location, and maintain compliance. - **Radar Optimize**: Real‑time tracking for pickups, deliveries, and field operations. - **Radar Engage**: Contextual, location‑based marketing and personalization. - **Location OS**: Unified platform combining all of the above with SDKs and APIs for fast integration. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – **$85.5M** (Accel, Insight Partners) | Over **1 billion API calls per day** and installed on **300M+ devices** across **1,000+ apps** - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel, Insight Partners; customers include 4 of the top 7 US sportsbooks, major airlines, QSRs, insurance companies, and mobility firms - **Growth Signals**: Launched the world’s first Location OS in October 2025; moved to a new HQ in Flatiron, NYC; named a top 10 Best Place to Work in NYC by Crain’s (2025) and top 50 by Built In (2026); expanding across Engineering, Design, Customer Success, Sales, and Gaming Operations ## Competitive Advantages - **All‑in‑one platform**: Combines geofencing and maps in a single stack, eliminating the need for multiple vendors. - **Proprietary infrastructure & accuracy**: Collects location data across GPS, Wi‑Fi, IP, and sensors for the most accurate, real‑time signals. - **Cost effectiveness**: Economies of scale make Radar cheaper than legacy providers or building in‑house. - **Enterprise‑grade**: SOC 2 and GDPR compliant, 1B+ daily API calls, proven at scale with Fortune 500 customers. - **Developer‑friendly**: Modern SDKs and APIs that integrate with just a few lines of code. ## Strategic Focus - Extend leadership as the most trusted geolocation platform by adding new datasets, integrations, and AI‑native solutions. - Continue migration of legacy maps and geolocation customers to Radar’s unified platform. - Embed location as a key input into AI/ML models across fraud detection, personalization, and automation workflows. ## Why Work Here - **Culture and work style**: High‑performance, “championship team” environment with extreme standards. In‑person focused: most team members work from the NYC Flatiron office 4–5 days per week (WFH optional on Fridays). - **Compensation and equity**: Competitive salary, meaningful stock options in a fast‑growing company, 401(k) with 4% match. - **Health and wellness**: 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision insurance; 12 weeks paid parental leave; commuter and fitness benefits. - **Perks**: Catered lunches, unlimited PTO, monthly team events. - **Growth**: High performers receive generous rewards and rapid career advancement; the company is hiring across nearly every function (Engineering, Product, Fraud Operations, etc.). - **Notable recognition**: Crain’s top 10 Best Places to Work in NYC 2025; Built In’s 50 Best Places to Work in NYC 2026. ## Sources 1. [radar.com](https://radar.com/) 2. [radar.com/careers](https://radar.com/careers) 3. [radar.com/about](https://radar.com/about) 4. [builtinnyc.com](https://www.builtinnyc.com/company/radar/) 5. 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