Raycast

Raycast is a fully remote, autonomous team that communicates primarily asynchronously and collaborates ad‑hoc. The company keeps a lightweight meeting cadence — one all‑team meeting per week — and asks teams to demo progress regularly.

Fridays are reserved for hacking ("Rayday"): people are encouraged to experiment, build new extensions, or tidy internal systems and tools.

The team uses modern tooling across design and engineering: Figma, Linear, Notion, Cron, Slack, GitHub and Vercel. The web stack calls out Next.js, TypeScript and Radix primitives, and the team applies AI tools where they make sense.

Design is central to how the product is built: teams obsess over details, prefer pragmatic and simple solutions, and prioritise quality and performance. Many features and public extensions originate from everyday problems the team encounters and are developed as practical experiments.

Raycast maintains and contributes to open-source projects and encourages building tools the team actually uses. See the Careers page for more context on working style.

Start by sending an engaging message alongside your resume: explain why you want to join Raycast, why you care about the problem space, what excites you, and point to relevant work.

The process typically begins with a hiring manager intro to discuss the role and mutual fit — come prepared, try the product, and bring thoughtful questions.

You will meet a few future teammates who assess technical skills and collaboration style.

Most candidates complete a take‑home task. Raycast opens a dedicated Slack channel for the task to encourage questions and collaboration — candidates are invited to use that channel rather than working in silence.

After the task there is a task assessment where you present your results. The team does not expect polished slide decks; instead, explain your thinking, trade-offs, shortcuts, and what you would change with more time.

There is typically a conversation with the founders to give you broader context and answer questions about the company.

The final step is an offer stage; the company emphasizes transparency throughout the process to avoid surprises.

For some roles the company requests availability in CET ±3 hours to align with the distributed team. See the Careers page for the full hiring outline.