Senior Engineering Manager

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified
• Description: Raya is a technology company focused on providing utility through its iOS-only app, which facilitates discovery of exciting people, events, opportunities, and recommendations globally. The company values trust, creativity, and reciprocity and seeks a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a talented engineering team. This role requires close collaboration with leadership, product managers, designers, and data team stakeholders to deliver business impact.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field. Or equivalent industry experience.
• Experience: Minimum 4 years of experience in people management of high-performance teams.
• Technical Skills:
  • Deep knowledge of Node.js (expected)
  • Familiarity with cloud architecture, services, deployment models, and distributed systems (required)
• Soft Skills:
  • Proven project management skills – a track record of creative problem-solving and execution to fulfill commitments.
  • Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Team Management: Manage, lead, and mentor a team of software engineers specializing in Node.js or Golang.
• Product Development: Develop and execute product development plans in alignment with the strategic vision.
• Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and data team stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Agile Process: Steer the agile development process, encouraging communication, collaboration, and responsiveness to changes and business needs.
• System Development: Oversee the development and continuous enhancement of scalable, secure, and efficient software systems in a cloud environment.
• Hybrid Role: 50% hands-on technical software engineering, 50% people/performance/project management.

Company Information

• Benefits:
  • Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
  • $50 per day food delivery budget
  • Equity-based employment
  • Great culture
  • Learning opportunities
  • Unlimited vacation
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave
  • $1,000 per year to travel to an unvisited location globally (due to company values)

Application Instructions

• Link: https://careers.rayatheapp.com/