Staff Software Engineer, Taskrabbit
Partnerships
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
Job no longer available
Outsourcing marketplace for everyday tasks
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
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
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering
- Experience building developer platforms, defining the strategy, and providing technical direction to the team
- Experience building API-driven applications and endpoints
- Strong design and architecture skills
- Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation)
- Proficiency with Ruby/Rails
- Experience in MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch
- A strong ability to reason about how to break problems down into smaller iterable steps
Desirable
- Preferable experience / knowledge in Javascript, React.js, Typescript, Node.js
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Enjoy helping organize and scope high-priority projects and plans to keep us moving forward
- Great attention to detail and quality
- Love for collaborating with a tight-knit team and across the organization
What the job involves
- At a point of major inflection and scale, Taskrabbit is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help design and implement a partner API platform which enables Taskrabbit to integrate with other businesses so they can offer Taskrabbit services to their customers. Partnerships are a critical growth engine for Taskrabbit and one of our top strategic priorities
- Taskrabbit is integrated with IKEA, our parent company, and we are building our partnerships platform to unlock more business opportunities through new partnerships. We are looking for a strong technical leader with experience building a robust and scalable platform to support current and future partners at scale
- This Staff Software Engineer will be responsible for collaborating with peers in Engineering, Architecture, Data, Product and other business leaders to build a partnerships platform to support and sustain hyper growth for Taskrabbit
- Designing, building, and maintaining solutions which follow our engineering principles:
- Expose the ability to be measured and observed
- Protect our customer, our business, and our partners and their data
- Always do what the customer expects and upon failure, data is recoverable
- Always available when and where the customer expects and which are healthy and current
- Perform to, and exceed, customer expectations
- Delight the customer
- Contributing to the growth and success of team members through code review, clear documentation, and mentorship
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
$13.8m
Dec 2011
$18.8m
Total funding: $32.6m
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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