--- title: 'Server Engineering Manager, Member Experience at Raya' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/server-engineering-manager-member-experience-raya-remote-gbxfa0qmj3tn' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Server Engineering Manager, Member Experience at Raya - **Company:** Raya - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-03 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/raya/112cf2b7-a07b-42ae-932d-10d4037e6d35 ## Job description In a world where many social apps measure their success by time spent online, Raya is a technology company focused on providing utility. Our iOS only app is a tool for discovery of and access to exciting people, events, opportunities, and recommendations globally. We believe that by marrying great software with a membership based community built around core values of trust, creativity, and reciprocity, we can provide solutions that have heretofore been impossible. We are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Member Experience server team. Member Experience owns the full member lifecycle - from a prospective member's first application through onboarding, payments, and renewal month after month. That surface spans application and acceptance, authentication and login, onboarding, subscriptions and in-app purchases including Raya+, reactivation and referrals, and member communications. These are net-new payment systems built for scale rather than legacy systems in maintenance, with high ownership and direct revenue impact. The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of experience managing software development teams, with deep knowledge of Node.js and TypeScript, and should be familiar with cloud architectures, services, deployment models, and distributed systems. We value strong project management skills and the ability to deliver on commitments. In this role, you will work closely with leadership, product managers, designers, and data team stakeholders to deliver business impact. We offer comprehensive medical and dental coverage, $50 a day food delivery budget, equity based employment, a great culture, learning opportunities, unlimited vacation, 12 weeks paid parental leave, and we pay all employees $1,000 a year to go somewhere in the world that they've never been because of our values of human connection, empathy, and curiosity. ## Responsibilities - Manage, mentor, and grow a team of server engineers, including hiring, onboarding, and career development, while fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture. - Contribute to the codebase and provide technical leadership across architecture, system design, and key engineering decisions. - Partner with product, design, and data to define, scope, and deliver high-impact features, owning execution from concept through launch. - Oversee the development and continuous enhancement of scalable, secure, and efficient services in a cloud environment, and uphold a high bar for engineering quality - code standards, testing practices, operational readiness, and long-term maintainability. - Operate as a player/coach with an expected ~50% hands-on engineering contribution. ## Requirements - Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar field, or equivalent industry experience. - 2+ years of experience managing high-performing engineering teams. - Deep knowledge of Node.js and TypeScript, with familiarity across cloud architecture, services, deployment models, and distributed systems. Our stack includes MongoDB and PostgreSQL. - Production experience with Apple StoreKit payments and subscriptions, and production experience with Stripe payments and subscriptions for a B2C product. - Experience serving within and administering an operational excellence program: production readiness, observability, on call. - Proven ability to lead projects from concept through launch, balancing speed and quality, and to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners to deliver business impact. - Experience sourcing, screening, hiring, mentoring, and developing engineers, with strong communication and leadership skills. - An AI-forward mindset, with curiosity about applying emerging technologies to improve developer and product experiences. ## About Raya ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Raya is a private, membership-based community platform where people around the world can connect and collaborate to find life partners, friends, and professional opportunities. - **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed funded, 2016) - **Headquarters**: Los Angeles, California, United States - **Founded**: 2015 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Technology, Information and Internet - **Target customers**: B2C – Adults seeking a trusted, curated social networking experience - **Mission or purpose statement**: To create a trusted online community where people feel comfortable finding life partners, friends, and work collaborations, and to bring these interactions into the real world. ## Products & Services - **Raya App**: A membership-based social community platform that uses an application process with algorithmic assessment and anonymous committee input to curate its user base. Members pay a monthly fee and are expected to follow rules of respect, trust, and privacy. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Total Funding – At least one Pre-Seed round ($1.6M led by Atlas Finance Group in Dec 2016) and another round in June 2019 (details undisclosed). Additional investors include Dreamers VC, Analog Ventures, Section 32, X&Management, and Niche Capital. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Atlas Finance Group, Dreamers VC, Analog Ventures, Section 32, X&Management, Niche Capital - **Growth Signals**: Headcount of ~101 employees, with a **yearly growth of +38.6%**. Workforce distributed across 15 countries. Active job postings are up **+33.3% year-over-year**, indicating expansion. ## Competitive Advantages - **High Curation/Exclusivity**: Raya’s strict application process (with referrals and committee review) creates a highly selective, trust-based community that differentiates it from mass-market social networks. - **Community-First Culture**: Strong emphasis on member behavior and shared values; low report rate (~1 in 11,000 connections) signals a high-quality user experience. - **Privacy & Trust**: Strict policies against hate, excessive wealth display, and disrespect, creating a safe environment for genuine connections. ## Strategic Focus - **Global Expansion**: Raya has openings in Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, and Mexico City, and is actively growing its engineering and product teams. - **AI & ML Integration**: The company has a dedicated Head of Machine Learning, AI, and Data, and uses algorithms to assess applications and improve the community experience. - **Product Development**: Active hiring for Product Managers and Senior Backend Engineers suggests investment in new features (e.g., "Places") and scaling core infrastructure. ## Why Work Here - **Career Growth**: Fast-growing company (+38.6% YoY headcount) with opportunities to take on ownership in engineering, product, and AI/ML roles. - **Global & Remote-first Culture**: Fully remote roles available, with global hubs and a diverse team across 15 countries. - **Technical Challenges**: Work on complex systems for recommendations, member experience, and internal tools using a modern stack (Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, MongoDB, TensorFlow, Looker, dbt). - **Culture**: Described as a "family of talented individuals" devoted to fostering human connection through technology. - **Location Flexibility**: Remote roles; hubs in major cities worldwide. ## Sources 1. [rayatheapp.com](https://www.rayatheapp.com/about) 2. [rayatheapp.com/careers](https://www.rayatheapp.com/careers) 3. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/rayatheapp) 4. [Lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/raya) 5. [CBInsights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/raya) ## Other roles at Raya - [Quality and Release Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/quality-and-release-manager-raya-remote-4kzqb5hmatpk) - [Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Internal Tools](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-full-stack-engineer-internal-tools-raya-remote-796srqpyyy3m) - [Senior Backend Engineer, Core Discovery](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-engineer-core-discovery-raya-remote-v7b4gnnvm0r3) - [DevSecOps Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/devsecops-engineer-raya-remote-fr0v9vb4zc6d) - [Senior Backend Engineer, Member Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-backend-engineer-member-experience-raya-remote-kthfw491fyv4)