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Backed by top investors and growing 521% year-over-year, we're a Portland-based team building computer vision and robotics technology that keeps America's most critical production lines running flawlessly. If you want to do meaningful work at the intersection of AI and advanced manufacturing, we'd love to meet you.\nPosition Overview\nWe're seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our team in developing distributed, cutting-edge applied AI systems. This is a full-time position working directly with our engineering team to drive technical innovation and mentor mid-level and junior engineers.\nWhat You'll Do\nContribute to the architecture and development of production-grade distributed microservice systems running on Linux \nDrive technical initiatives to advance our service mesh, contract-first APIs, and inter-service communication patterns \nBuild scalable data processing pipelines and high-throughput service infrastructure \nDesign and evolve protobuf contracts and gRPC service definitions across the platform \nProvide technical guidance to junior team members \nWhat We're Looking For\n10+ years of professional experience developing distributed backend systems on Linux \nDeep curiosity for all software and systems architecture topics \nExpert-level Python programming and software architecture skills \nStrong system design skills with a focus on service boundaries, API contracts, and fault tolerance \nFluency operating in Linux environments - comfortable living in the shell, reading logs, and reasoning about process, network, and filesystem behavior \nExcellence in technical communication and documentation \nRequired Technical Skills\nExpertise in prompt engineering and AI-assisted development as a daily practice - Claude Code, Augment, Copilot, or equivalent is a force multiplier in your workflow, not a novelty \nExpertise in designing and operating microservice architectures at scale \nDeep experience with gRPC and Protocol Buffers - schema evolution, streaming RPCs, interceptors, and contract-first development \nProficiency with version control and CI/CD practices \nExperience with containerized deployments (Docker on Linux hosts), service discovery, and distributed computing \nStrong grasp of observability: distributed tracing, structured logging, and metrics \nHighly Competitive Candidates Will Also Bring\nPrevious experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, or quality control systems \nExperience with monorepo build systems (Bazel, Buck, Pants) and polyglot protobuf code generation \nFamiliarity with backwards/forwards compatibility patterns and API versioning at scale \nExperience with real-time processing and edge computing constraints on resource-constrained Linux devices \nExperience with configuration management and infrastructure-as-code (Ansible, Terraform) for Linux fleet operations \nWhy Join Us?\nWork with cutting-edge technology in a high-impact industry \nMeaningful early-stage equity at a late seed-stage company \nCompetitive compensation and benefits package \nProfessional development and learning opportunities \nOpportunity to shape manufacturing technology that impacts American industry \nLocation Requirements\nCandidates local to the Portland, Oregon metro area will be considered highly competitive for this role. While we will consider remote applicants on a case-by-case basis, local presence is strongly valued and may be a deciding factor.\nEqual Opportunity\nRapta is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. 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