Senior Software Engineer, Taskrabbit
$180-192.1k
+ Bonus
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
Be an early applicant
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$180-192.1k
+ Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To transform lives, one task at a time, by connecting millions globally with trusted Taskers every year.
Role
Who you are
- 4 years professional software engineering including a mix of frontend and backend experience, with demonstrated impact (leading complex domains, influencing multiple teams)
- Extensive professional experience with Node.js and microservice architecture; familiarity with Ruby on Rails is a plus
- Strong SQL and data modeling for financial use cases (Postgres, Snowflake)
- Hands-on experience with async/event-driven systems (Kafka) and microservice architecture
- Proven track record designing and owning observability/alerting for critical systems
- Mastery in building, debugging, and scaling distributed systems
- Excellent communication, ability to influence without authority, and a strong ownership mentality for systems handling money and trust
Desirable
- Experience with Spec Driven Development
- Hands-on AI tools experience
- Experience with rebuilding legacy software systems
- Familiarity with microservice and event-driven architectures at scale
What the job involves
- We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Post-Booking team, someone who doesn't just build, but raises the quality bar across our entire ecosystem. You'll be instrumental in shaping the consumer experience following the initial booking process
- Your work will focus on building new features to improve the customer experience through high-performance Node.js services and AI-driven enhancements, as well as critical replatforming work to modernize our microservice infrastructure
- Architect: Define the multi-quarter technical roadmap for Post-Booking domains (backend, frontend web client etc) along with the engineering manager and architects - driving strategy, addressing tech debt, and evolving scalable system architecture, APIs, and data models
- Tech Lead: Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives
- Solver: Translate ambiguous, high-stakes business goals into clear technical strategies, designs, and experiments
- Multiplier: Serve as a Javascript subject-matter expert, champion high-quality testing and AI practices, mentor engineers, and produce durable technical documentation
- Champion AI-Driven Development: Lead the adoption of Spec-Driven Development (SDD) leveraging advanced AI tools, ensuring engineers consistently turn well-defined specs into robust, scalable Node.js implementations and comprehensive test suites
Our take
Back in 2011, TaskRabbit took full advantage of a growing trend - that technology enables consumers to do more commerce in their homes than ever before. Its marketplace connects users to "Taskers" that can perform virtually any role customers require, such as heavy lifting and cleaning.
TaskRabbit's product is diverse, with the potential to enter any commerce sector in the world. In 2017, the company was acquired by IKEA, which gave it the resources to undergo a data-driven European expansion which included launching in Germany and France, as well as increasing services in densely-populated UK areas.
By developing internationally, while also emphasising its offerings as a delivery service, the company has set itself up on the world stage. Having continued to grow and expand its offerings, TaskRabbit remains a key player in the gig economy, with every sign that it will continue its successes into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jul 2012
$14.1m
Dec 2011
$19.2m
Total funding: $33.3m
Company benefits
- Remote first and highly connected
- Employee-covered health care
- 401k with match
- Flexible PTO
- Paid holidays & recharge weeks
- Wellbeing allowance and free access to HeadSpace and Spring Health
- Paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and reproductive health assistance
- Speaker series, career paths, and an annual education allowance
- IKEA discount, Taskrabbit credit, and productivity stipend
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ania Smith
(CEO)Several years of experience in leadership at companies like Expedia, Uber, Airbnb and Walmart.
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