Jobs

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 the latest contests, you can find the occasional story about what life is like at the office and why working at Raptr is awesome.

As a company that’s focused on creating great experiences for gamers, we’re surrounded by games and gamers. We’ve got a corner filled with classic arcade games, an Xbox 360 and PS3 hooked up to a big plasma screen TV, lots of Starcraft 2 junkies ready to play at the end of the day, and even a ping pong table that gets regular use (not all games have to be video games!) When the weather is nice, some of us also venture outside to play Ultimate Frisbee or basketball.

The fridge is always stocked with all sorts of caffeinated beverages and the lunchroom always has different healthy and not-so-healthy snacks to keep you going throughout the day. And of course there’s the kegerator that pours great beer and comes in handy after putting in a good day of work.

For any full-time job with Raptr (we’re located in Mountain View, CA), we provide great healthcare benefits (100% health benefits for the employee and 50% for your spouse and any dependents) and stock options in a well-funded, growing private company.

If any or all of this sounds interesting to you, please check out our open positions below and submit your resume to jobs@raptr.com. Please be sure to paste a copy of your resume directly in the body of the email.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Current Openings

• Senior Backend Engineer
• Senior Frontend Engineer
• Senior Client Engineer
• User Experience Designer
• User Experience Researcher
• Community Content Manager
• PR Manager

Senior Backend Engineer

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

We need someone who has experience building large-scale web sites and enjoys collaborating with small-sized teams. We are looking for an individual who has been instrumental in creating a scalable backend infrastructure for a highly-trafficked consumer web site, 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:

• Ability to write solid, tight, well-architected 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.
• Knows 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.
• Expert in SQL and database schema design, and in particular, MySQL.
• 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 for the Sr. Backend Engineer Position

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Senior Frontend Engineer

Raptr is looking for an accomplished, highly motivated Senior Frontend Engineer to join our team.

As Sr. Frontend UI Engineer, you will be responsible for implementing Raptr’s user-facing applications on the web. We’re looking for individuals with solid, deep web UI development skills and experience, have an eye for clean and elegant interfaces, who are competitive yet collaborative, and have an interest in gaming.

Required skills:

• 5+ years of experience in developing web applications.
• Solid grasp of cross-browser, object-oriented JavaScript (e.g.: you know how to design an object with private member fields, how inheritance works in JavaScript, etc.).
• Significant experience in developing AJAX-enabled web applications.
• Experience in coding standards-compliant semantic markup in XHTML/CSS, priding yourself in using best practices when writing clean, optimized code.
• Knowledge of and a preference for JavaScript frameworks such as jQuery, YUI, prototype, Dojo, etc.
• Awareness / familiarity / preference of HTML5 and CSS3 – Raptr only supports ‘modern’ browsers!
• Experience developing in an OOP and MVC architecture.
• Experience in building end consumer web applications in PHP.
• Strong interest in PC/Console/Web games.

How to Apply for the Sr. Frontend Engineer Position

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Senior Client Engineer

We are looking for an outstanding, highly motivated Senior Client Engineer to join our team.

The ideal profile is someone who has experience building and shipping a popular consumer application for PCs. You write high quality, tight and efficient code, know what it takes to ship a solid application to millions of users, how to support those millions of users, have excellent communication skills, love solving complex problems, and are also looking to provide a voice in product design and direction.

Required skills:

• Ability to write solid code in Python (being capable in C/C++ in addition is a plus).
• Written, shipped, and supported a consumer PC application written in either wxWidgets or Qt (wxPython / pyQt is a big plus).
• 3+ years of experience in design & development of commercial PC applications.
• Knows the trade off between performance, memory utilization, and features. Having the ability to come up with innovative solutions to deliver functionality as tight and lean as possible.
• Strong Computer Science fundamentals (we mean it, and we’ll test for it!).
• Familiarity with the LAMP stack, particularly PHP5.
• Experience in object oriented (OO) design & programming.
• Creative thinker who thrives in a small-team environment.
• BS/MS in Computer Science.
• Passion for the gaming industry is a huge plus.

How to Apply for the Sr. Client Engineer Position

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User Experience Designer

Raptr is looking for a passionate, thorough user experience designer to develop and improve upon all user interactions and flows across all of Raptrs products: website, client, and mobile. We are a data-driven company and use both quantitative (analytics/surveys) and qualitative (user testing) research to influence our direction, but actually executing on that direction would be largely influenced by you. Note that this is not a visual design role, it’s a user experience and interaction design role. You will be working with our lead visual designer and user experience researcher to execute well-tested, compelling experiences for our users.
Job Responsibilities:

• Identify high level problems with user experience and interaction and propose solutions.
• Multi-task across multiple projects and worth with visual designers, PMs, and researchers to iterate and optimize designs.
• Collaborate with product management to define and prioritize user experience issues.
• Develop wireframes and, where necessary, visual prototypes based on good heuristic principles and solid user experience intuition
• Participate in regular product reviews and strategic planning.

Job Qualifications:

• BA/BS in Interaction Design, HCI or related field, MS degree preferred (PhD a plus).
• 1-4 years of relevant work experience, including work on past products that had successful user experiences (even if the products themselves weren’t successful), including websites, client-side applications, and mobile apps (iPhone and Android).

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User Experience Researcher

Raptr is looking for an inquisitive, highly self-motivated individual to conduct critical user experience research for the company. We are focused on user-centered design and thinking and strongly prefer to make product decisions informed by data from real users. Considering how small the company is, your research will be critical to the company’s design decisions and ultimate success.

Job Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct different types of user research studies, including survey methods, statical analyses, lab-based usability studies, field studies, and usability inspection methods (heuristic evaluations, cognitive walkthroughs, GOMS, etc.).
• Multi-task across multiple projects and studies going on simultaneously and working with outside vendors where required to conduct research.
• Collaborate with product management to define and prioritize user experience research questions.
• Identify the best method(s) to answer UX research questions and prioritize them according to time and resource requirements.
• Communicate research findings and recommend designs and product improvements accordingly.
• Participate in regular product reviews and strategic planning.

Job Qualifications:

• BA/BS in HCI, MS degree preferred (PhD a plus).
• 1-4 years of relevant work experience, including knowledge of a wide range of UX research methods and techniques (e.g. lab studies, field studies, surveys/questionnaires, UX inspection methods, participatory design, and statistical analysis).
• Outstanding qualitative and quantitative analytical skills with respect to observing anything from user actions in-person to statistics on behavior and product usage.
• Strong communication skills, both internally to management and externally to users.
• A passion for gaming, technology, and universal access across multiple devices, locales, and physical abilities.

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Community Content Manager

Raptr is looking for a Community Content Manager to help create, monitor, and nurture Raptr’s growing community and content for our website.

Do you love video games? Do you spend much of your time reading gaming content and participating in gaming communities? Do you have a way with words that get people jazzed about the games they play? If so, we’d love to have you join our Community and Content team. This contract position is a combination of community management, content management, and customer service, and is currently available.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Create and manage all topics related to gaming
• Create and curate content for Raptr.com
• Monitor and moderate content created by the Raptr community
• Interact with and encourage community members
• Help users navigate and utilize the Raptr service
• Help the design team improve overall web product

Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Great attention to detail
• Must be friendly and keep composure in dealing with online confrontations
• Must be familiar with social networks and communities
• Be a gamer — you must LOVE video games

This is a paid contract position starting immediately.  The ideal candidate will be available full time for this overall program, though we will consider candidates who can commit at least 30 hours a week. The position is also mostly onsite, but there is opportunity to work from home on some days. Raptr is a great place to work! Check us out at Raptr.com.

How to Apply for the Community Content Manager

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PR Manager

Raptr is looking for a PR Manager (contract) to help spread the word of Raptr. Looking for local candidates only (We are based in Silicon Valley!)

Job Responsibilities:

• Outreach to various gaming, tech, and consumer media outlets.
• Support PR agency in completing tasks.
• Assist marketing team in running marketing campaigns.
• Building PR contacts database.
• Assist in managing email newsletter program.
• Drafting blogs, and press releases.
• And more!

Job Qualifications:

• Experience with PR working on a social website or video game products.
• Focused on metrics driven results, and constantly iterating to hone key programs.
• Love and knowledge of games/being a gamer a must.
• Outstanding written and verbal communications skills.
• Great attention to detail.
• Must be willing to work in a fun and dynamic start-up atmosphere.
• College degree required.

How to Apply for the PR Manager Position

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How to Apply

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