Staff Software Engineer, Taskrabbit
Authentication
$150-200k
+ Bonus
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
Be an early applicant
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$150-200k
+ Bonus
More information about location
2+ days a week in office
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
- 8+ years of experience developing modern APIs and distributed services
- Hands-on experience with authentication and identity platforms (e.g., Auth0, Okta, Cognito, or similar), including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and SSO
- Experience designing and operating event-based architectures (e.g., Kafka, SNS/SQS, EventBridge, or similar)
- Experience building and maintaining robust TypeScript-based APIs and services
- Exceptionally strong technical design and architecture skills with a focus on scalable shared capabilities
- Professional experience with AI-led agentic software development (e.g., Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.)
- Experience with modern software development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments
- Passion for mentoring engineers and elevating team capabilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical subjects clearly
- Proven track record of breaking down complex platform initiatives into manageable, high-impact iterations
Desirable
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), infrastructure as code, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Comfortable with relational and key-value datastores (e.g., MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch)
- Experience with Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) design patterns
- Experience with API gateways, rate limiting, and securing service-to-service communication
- Professional experience with Ruby on Rails, including working within and extending large, existing Rails applications
What the job involves
- The Core Services team is focused on building out shared capabilities and services that impact all other teams at Taskrabbit, and those services are used on almost every portion of our platform. We serve as the foundation that enables our engineering organization to stay on track, move faster, and build scalable, high-impact features
- In this role, you will help lead the design and evolution of the shared platform capabilities that power our marketplace, such as authentication and identity, event-driven systems, and API infrastructure
- As a Staff Engineer, you will help lead a team that designs, builds, evolves, and maintains these foundational systems. Your technical decisions will have a direct and highly visible impact on engineering productivity, product velocity, and the overall experience of our marketplace! Join us in transforming lives, one task at a time
- Lead the architecture, integration, and adoption of shared platform capabilities (e.g., authentication and identity, event streaming, API infrastructure) across teams
- Design, build, and maintain robust, high-performance TypeScript-based APIs and foundational services
- Drive the design and adoption of event-based architectures that enable reliable, loosely coupled communication between services
- Own and evolve our authentication and authorization approach, including integration with third-party identity platforms and partner integrations
- Work closely with Ruby on Rails backend services and integrate shared capabilities into existing application infrastructure
- Propose and drive improvements to platform performance, reliability, security, and developer experience
- Guide and mentor other engineers on best practices for API design, system design, and scalable architecture
- Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to define a unified technical strategy for shared services across Taskrabbit
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
$13.9m
Dec 2011
$19m
Total funding: $32.8m
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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