At Raya, we’re focused on building a solution to a problem our team has often encountered: there’s no good way to meet like-minded people online, and if you do, it’s very hard to take those interactions into the real world. That’s why we set out to create a trusted online community where people felt comfortable finding life partners, friends, and work collaborations. Just as we bring people together around the world, we work hard to build a community here at Raya. We are a family of talented individuals who have all devoted our careers to finding exciting ways to foster human connection through technology. When we’re not collaborating over our next product features or huddling in our daily standup, you can find our team sharing a meal at the lunch table or enjoying a post-work outing. We have openings around the world: Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona, and Mexico City.

Raya

We prioritize learning and teamwork and love giving people the opportunity to champion solutions to big challenges and grow into better versions of themselves. A great candidate believes in Raya's vision, which is to enrich lives by fostering relationships through quality, in person interactions. You thrive at the intersection of quality and shipping, and you're excited to build the release systems, quality gates, and testing strategy that let Raya ship a consumer app our members trust every time.

Responsibilities

Quality Strategy: Own the QA strategy across automated and manual testing, deciding what we automate, what we test by hand, and what we accept as risk, with regression coverage on critical paths like onboarding, payments, subscriptions, messaging, and login, including where third-party testing services and AI-assisted QA tooling fit in. Visibility and Communication: Maintain the release calendar and Quality scorecards including report crash rates, defect escape rates, and release health to leadership Continuous Improvement: Run release retros, turn incidents and escaped defects into durable process fixes, and connect release decisions to the incident response process Release Ownership: Run the release process end-to-end for the Raya iOS app from predictable release trains with clear cut, freeze, and submission dates through App Store submission, phased rollout, and rollback/fix forward Go/No-Go Process: Define release readiness criteria, lead go/no-go decision making 


Qualifications

6+ years in software quality, release management, or engineering, with 3+ years managing peopleDeep knowledge of the App Store release lifecycle: TestFlight, phased release, expedited review, and rejection handling Experience with subscription and payment flows on iOS Experience building test automation strategy for mobile, including real-device testing, feature flags, and progressive rollouts Experience deciding the split between automated and manual testing, and managing third-party QA or crowdtesting vendors Fluency with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, and strong knowledge of Git branching strategies for mobile release workflows Clear, direct written communication 


What Sets You Apart

Systems Builder: You build process and automation, so release quality depends on systems rather than memory Impact-driven: You focus regression and automation coverage on the paths that matter most to members, rather than chasing full coverage everywhere Ownership mentality: You take escaped defects from discovery to root cause to prevention Bridge Builder: You partner with engineering managers, product, and leadership, embedding quality into everyday workflows while balancing team velocity Bias toward shipping and iteration: You improve the release process incrementally in short cycles rather than waiting for a perfect system 


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Quality and Release Manager

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