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Senior Backend Engineer, Member Experience
RemoteFull-timePosted 24 days ago
Summary
Raya is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer, Member Experience to join their Software Development team. A great candidate is excited to support our growing use of data, including working closely with the analytics and product engineering teams, to build a better user experience.
About the role
A great candidate is excited to support our growing use of data, including working closely with the analytics and product engineering teams, to build a better user experience. Finally, they believe in Raya’s vision, which is to enrich lives by fostering relationships through quality, in person interactions.
As Raya’s first dedicated IT team member, you will keep our team productive and secure. This is an engineering role, you'll write code and build automation to solve problems at scale, not just resolve tickets one at a time. You'll evolve and mature our IT infrastructure while working closely with our Infrastructure team.
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership: Collaborate, build, and lead key components of our Raya backend services
Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams, ranging from UX designers to data scientists, ensuring our solutions are comprehensive and user focused
Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest in Raya's tech ecosystem, ensuring our solutions are scalable, maintainable, and innovative
User-Centric Development: Prioritize and advocate for top-tier user experiences, utilizing feedback loops and data-driven methodologies to define and refine product features
Operational Excellence: 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
Qualifications:
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 Node.js and Typescript
Proven experience in building and scaling backend systems in production at a startup or fast-moving environment
Production Apple StoreKit Payments/Subscriptions experience
Production Stripe Payments/Subscriptions experience for a B2C product
Enthusiasm around new AI tools and frameworks - and a willingness to quickly adopt emerging best practices
What Sets You Apart:
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
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