Cloud Licensing Engineer - Full-Stack (React/Rails)

Akraya; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Akraya, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to design and maintain cloud-based licensing systems that manage product activation, entitlements, and renewals.

You will contribute to both user-facing web interfaces and scalable backend services in a regulated federal environment. This role emphasizes security, auditability, and reliability while delivering production cloud applications using React, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• React/Redux or comparable frontend framework.
• Ruby on Rails or similar backend framework.
• PostgreSQL — relational database design and query performance.
• Kubernetes + Docker CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience building and operating production cloud applications.
• Strong API/backend development experience.
• Experience with automated testing.
• Strong understanding of reliability, security, auditability, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement full-stack features for product licensing workflows.
• Develop responsive web applications using modern frontend frameworks.
• Build and optimize backend services and data models for scalability.
• Translate complex security and compliance requirements into functional software.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver integrated solutions.
• Proficiency in React and Ruby on Rails.
• Strong understanding of relational databases like PostgreSQL.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and deployment tools.
• Experience working with regulated U.S. federal cloud environments is preferred.

Skills

React/Redux

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

API/backend development

Automated testing

Security/auditability

Cloud applications

Tools

Docker

Job description

Akraya, Inc. is seeking a software engineer to design and maintain cloud-based licensing systems that manage product activation, entitlements, and renewals.

You will contribute to both user-facing web interfaces and scalable backend services in a regulated federal environment. This role emphasizes security, auditability, and reliability while delivering production cloud applications using React, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes.