Senior Backend Engineer, Member Experience
Responsibilities:
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Product Ownership : Collaborate, build, and lead key components of our Raya backend services
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Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with cross-functional teams, ranging from UX designers to data scientists, ensuring our solutions are comprehensive and user focused
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Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest in Raya 's tech ecosystem, ensuring our solutions are scalable, maintainable, and innovative
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User-Centric Development: Prioritize and advocate for top-tier user experiences, utilizing feedback loops and data-driven methodologies to define and refine product features
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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:
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6+ years of hands-on experience in modern software development environments, with a track record of delivering scalable and maintainable systems
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Demonstrated expertise in system design, architecture, and mastery in Node.js and Typescript
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Proven experience in building and scaling backend systems in production at a startup or fast-moving environment
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Production Apple StoreKit Payments/Subscriptions experience
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Production Stripe Payments/Subscriptions experience for a B2C product
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Enthusiasm around new AI tools and frameworks - and a willingness to quickly adopt emerging best practices
What Sets You Apart:
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Visionary : You think beyond the present, anticipating future technological trends and their implications on the Raya Community.
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Empathetic Leader: You naturally resonate with colleagues, users, and collaborative teams, fostering a culture of understanding and innovation
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Growth-oriented: You possess a perpetual learner's mindset, open to challenges, and always seeking opportunities to expand your technical horizons
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Impact-driven: With a knack for identifying the 'big picture', you prioritize tasks that maximize impact, aligning with Raya ’s overarching goals
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Productivity-obsessed: You value tools, workflows, and habits that maximize team velocity.
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Bias toward shipping and iteration : You're able to build quickly, learn, and refine in short cycles
Originally posted on Himalayas