Senior Backend Engineer ($190K–$250K + Equity) at Raya
Raya is a profitable, 100-person membership-based social platform for creatives, artists, and cultural leaders. The company focuses on fostering quality, in-person interactions through a curated digital community and is currently building next-generation discovery and personalization features using cutting-edge technologies like Go, Kubernetes, and integrated LLM frameworks.
About the role
Join Raya as a Senior Backend Engineer to lead the Recommendations team. You will architect and build production ranking services that power how a global community of creatives discover each other. This high-impact role involves integrating AI-driven discovery features and scaling backend infrastructure to enhance meaningful human connections for thousands of members.
Why this role is remarkable
- Own the core discovery engine of a highly exclusive social platform, directly influencing how thousands of elite creatives and cultural leaders connect globally.
- Join a profitable, 100-person company that offers the stability of a successful business with the fast-paced innovation of a high-growth startup.
- Work with a modern tech stack including Go and Kubernetes, while actively developing and deploying production-level LLM-powered features and AI discovery tools.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and lead key components of Raya’s backend services, specifically focusing on production ranking and recommendation systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX designers and data scientists to ensure personalized discovery features are user-centric and scalable.
- Drive operational excellence across the full SDLC, implementing CI/CD practices and navigating the deployment of machine learning models into production.
Requirements
- 6+ years of experience in modern software development with a proven track record of delivering scalable systems using Golang.
- Deep expertise in building and scaling production recommendation systems, ranking algorithms, or personalization features for consumer-facing products.
- A "bias toward shipping" and enthusiasm for emerging AI frameworks, with the ability to iterate quickly in a fast-moving startup environment.
Pay
$190K–$250K + Equity
Location
Remote