Sr. Software Engineer, Community

Raptive; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Raptive is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Community engineering team. This role involves driving projects from concept to rollout, collaborating across teams, and mentoring peers. Candidates should have extensive experience with Ruby on Rails, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. Raptive values diversity and encourages applications from individuals with various backgrounds.

Benefits

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Flexible work environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong knowledge of backend systems and architecture.
• Experience with cloud cost management and CI/CD processes.

Responsibilities

• Drive projects from initial concept to production.
• Collaborate with product, frontend, and mobile engineers.
• Mentor others and help shape the team’s technical direction.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Kubernetes

Terraform

PostgreSQL

Agile/Scrum methodologies

Debugging

Data analysis

Node-based API frameworks

Frontend frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

GitHub Actions

Flux/Argo

Job description

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This range is provided by Raptive. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

Raptive is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Community engineering team. You’ll collaborate on the design and evolution of our platform and the infrastructure that powers it. We’re seeking someone who loves building product features and is equally comfortable shaping system architecture, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and operating in Kubernetes‑based environments.

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll drive projects from initial concept to reliable production rollout, ensuring they meet our performance and reliability goals.
• You will partner closely with product, frontend, and mobile engineers, raise engineering standards, and ensure the Community platform scales smoothly as we introduce new features.
• This is a senior-level position. You’ll be expected to ramp quickly, work independently, mentor others, and help shape the technical direction of the team through thought leadership and hands-on engineering.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the job:

• 8+ years of professional software development with recent focus on backend or platform work
• Strong production experience with Ruby on Rails, including designing and scaling multi‑service Rails apps
• Hands‑on Kubernetes experience authoring Helm charts, operating clusters, tuning autoscaling, and debugging production issues
• Infrastructure‑as‑Code with Terraform (module authoring, CI validation, environment promotion)
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL), caching layers (Redis/Memcached), and messaging systems (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ)
• Experience improving CI/CD pipelines and release processes (GitHub Actions, Flux/Argo, or similar)
• Familiarity with cloud cost management; able to spot and fix cost anti‑patterns in code or infrastructure
• Solid unit, integration, and load‑testing practice; comfortable leading incident post‑mortems
• Experience developing software using Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Rock-solid debugging and data analysis skills
• Open source community platforms like Discourse, NodeBB or similar
• Experience with Node based API frameworks like NestJS
• Experience with frontend frameworks like Ember, React, Angular
• AI Native: Embraces and utilizes tools like Claude, Codex, etc to be a force multiplier for velocity and reliability.
• Passionate & Curious: Positive, eager to learn, and ready to apply new technologies.
• Customer-Focused: Driven by client empathy, prioritizing customer support.
• Problem Solver: Skilled at breaking down complex requirements and navigating code.
• Accountable & Organized: Detail-oriented with a strong sense of code ownership.
• Proactive: Acts on opportunities, preferring proactive over reactive solutions.
• Adaptable: Quickly adjusts to changes in project, team, or organizational needs.
• Communicative: Clear, proactive communicator who mentors and shares knowledge.
• Empathetic: Appreciates teammates, offering support and constructive feedback.

About Raptive

Raptive is a new kind of media company built for creators and home to one of the largest and most diverse audiences on the internet. Raptive combines its position as the world’s largest ad management platform with a comprehensive suite of monetization, audience and business solutions that enable creators to turn their passions and talents into thriving independent companies and enduring brands. We stand for the future of a diverse, open internet powered by the creativity and entrepreneurship of the independent creators and publishers it serves. To date, Raptive has paid over $2.5 billion to thousands of independent creators. Join us in creating a more equitable and inclusive future for media. Raptive was recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Places To Work for 2024-2025.

The base salary range for this position is $100,000-$180,000. The range provided is Raptive’s reasonable estimate of the annualized base compensation for this role. The actual amount may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory factors such as experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills and abilities. This role is eligible for additional incentive compensation that isn’t included in the posted range.

For more information, visit www.Raptive.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Instagram.

Raptive is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe we are most impactful when people with a wide range of backgrounds, experiences, and identities come together with a common purpose. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. Raptive is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to a member of our recruiting team.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Technology, Information and Internet and Technology, Information and Media

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