Raptr: What are you playing?

Jobs at Raptr

If you like to work in an environment that is filled with hard-working people who also like to have fun, then you may be a good fit for Raptr.

You can see how we describe ourselves in the about section but the best way to get a flavor for who we are is to check out our blog. Among the product updates and new content partnership news, you can sometimes find stories about what life is like at the office, including our love of classic arcade games or the latest birthday prank.

For any full-time job with Raptr, we provide great healthcare benefits as well as stock options.

If you're interested in any of these positions, please submit your résumé to jobs@raptr.com. Please be sure to paste a copy of your résumé directly in the body of the email.

Current Openings

• Senior Backend/Database Engineer

Senior Backend/Database Engineer

Raptr is looking for an outstanding, highly motivated Senior Backend / Database Engineer to join our team.

We need someone who has experience building large-scale web sites and enjoys collaborating with small-sized teams. You need to have been the key MySQL 'owner' of a sizeable MySQL database installation, can write high quality code, have excellent communication skills, love solving complex problems, and are also looking to provide a voice in product design and direction.

Required skills:

• Must be intimately familiar with MySQL, both from a SQL and administrative perspective. This is not a dedicated DBA position, but the individual we are looking will own the schema, maintenance, capacity planning, and performance tuning of our MySQL instances.
• Ability to write solid code (PHP, Python and Perl).
• 3+ years of experience in design & development of commercial web applications. Experience in design implementation of large scale, high traffic consumer-facing portals is a huge plus.
• Knowing the trade off between server side performance and features. Having the ability to come up with innovative solutions to scalability and performance problems.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals (we mean it, and we'll test for it!).
• Experience with the LAMP stack, particularly PHP5.
• Experience with Active MQ or equivalent.
• Familiarity with Memcached.
• Experience in building out a metrics / analytics / business intelligence system.
• Experience in object oriented (OO) design & programming.
• Creative thinker who thrives in a small-team environment.
• BS/MS in Computer Science.
• Highly motivated, self-starter, detail oriented
• Good sense of humor :)
• Passion for the gaming industry is a huge plus.

How to Apply

If you're interested in any of these positions, please submit your résumé to jobs@raptr.com. Please be sure to paste a copy of your résumé directly in the body of the email.