Senior Engineering Manager, Recommender Systems (Fully Remote)

Raya; United States; Remote; USD 170.000 - 240.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Raya is an exclusive social network that facilitates meaningful connections among its members. The company fosters a culture built on human connection, empathy, and curiosity with a focus on learning and growth.

We are seeking a backend team leader to build, coach, and retain a high-performing engineering group focused on recommender systems, ensure low-latency production services, and shape a technical strategy aligned with product needs. This role is based in the United States.

Qualifikationen

• 3+ years managing engineers with hiring, performance management and delivery.
• Experience leading or building production recommender systems at scale.
• Hands-on depth in high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems serving millions of users.

Aufgaben

• Build, coach, and retain a high-performing backend team specializing in recommender systems.
• Own reliable, low-latency production systems, observability, and incident response for recommendations.
• Create and execute a technical strategy grounded in product intuition and user empathy.

Kenntnisse

Engineering management

Recommender systems

Distributed systems

Hiring & performance

Tools

Elasticsearch

Vector search

Feature stores

Jobbeschreibung

• Build, coach, and retain a high-performing backend team specializing in recommender systems.
• Own reliable, low-latency production systems, observability, and incident response for recommendations.
• Create and execute a technical strategy grounded in product intuition and user empathy.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years managing engineers with responsibility for hiring, performance management, and delivery.
• Experience leading or building production recommender systems at scale.
• Hands-on depth in high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems serving millions of users.

What Sets You Apart:

• Experience with social networks or two-sided marketplaces in a subscription setting.
• Familiarity with how ML and AI fit into modern recommender systems.
• Experience with retrieval infrastructure such as Elasticsearch, vector search, or feature stores.

Raya

Raya is an exclusive social network that facilitates meaningful connections among its members. The company fosters a culture built on human connection, empathy, and curiosity with a focus on learning and growth.