Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Raya is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to join their team during a period of high growth. The role involves building and operating server software, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring user-centric development while advocating for scalable solutions.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate, build, and lead key components of our Raya backend services
- Work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams, ranging from UX designers to data scientists, ensuring our solutions are comprehensive and user focused
- Stay updated with the latest in Raya's tech ecosystem, ensuring our solutions are scalable, maintainable, and innovative
- Prioritize and advocate for top-tier user experiences, utilizing feedback loops and data-driven methodologies to define and refine product features
- Navigate the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ensuring agile methodologies, CI/CD practices, and Raya's best practices are integrated into all development phases
Skills
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in modern software development environments, with a track record of delivering scalable and maintainable systems
- Demonstrated expertise in system design, architecture, and mastery in Golang
- Proven experience in building and scaling backend systems in production at a startup or fast-moving environment
- Production recommendation systems and/or machine learning model deployment/integration experience
- Enthusiasm around new AI tools and frameworks - and a willingness to quickly adopt emerging best practices
- Visionary: You think beyond the present, anticipating future technological trends and their implications on the Raya Community
- Empathetic Leader: You naturally resonate with colleagues, users, and collaborative teams, fostering a culture of understanding and innovation
- Growth-oriented: You possess a perpetual learner's mindset, open to challenges, and always seeking opportunities to expand your technical horizons
- Impact-driven: With a knack for identifying the 'big picture', you prioritize tasks that maximize impact, aligning with Raya's overarching goals
- Productivity-obsessed: You value tools, workflows, and habits that maximize team velocity
- Bias toward shipping and iteration: You're able to build quickly, learn, and refine in short cycles
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
- $50 a day food delivery budget
- Equity based employment
- A great culture
- Learning opportunities
- Unlimited vacation
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- We pay all employees $1,000 a year to go somewhere in the world that they’ve never been
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