Senior Backend Engineer, Recommendations

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 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

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

Originally posted on Himalayas