Senior Software Engineer, Traba
$200-240k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
Marketplace for matching industrial workers with open shifts
Be an early applicant
Marketplace for matching industrial workers with open shifts
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-240k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential.
Role
Who you are
- Voracious Learner: You love exploring new areas, technologies, languages, and frameworks. You can seamlessly switch between discussing API design, user experience, and deployment infrastructure
- Value Clear Communication: You prioritize clear communication, planning, and providing transparent, frequent feedback across the team
- Detail-Oriented: You care about the small details, whether it's design patterns or tabs vs. spaces, and understand how everything contributes to the larger success of the product
- Experienced in Building Full Stack Systems: You have a strong track record of building and shipping scalable, performant applications from frontend user interfaces to backend distributed systems
- 5+ Years of Experience in both frontend and backend technologies, specifically Typescript/Javascript, React/React Native, and Node.js or Python
- Strong proficiency in building APIs, distributed systems, and client-side state management, along with experience with tools like Docker, Github Actions, and Datadog
- A demonstrated ability to ship scalable, high-quality products in a fast-paced environment
- Proficiency in databases like PostgreSQL and messaging systems such as RabbitMQ or Kafka
- Previous experience working in early-stage engineering teams, thriving in ambiguity, and showing a self-starter attitude
- A genuine passion for contributing to meaningful work, helping people find flexible job opportunities that fit their lives
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and entrepreneurial full stack product engineer to join our founding team to help build our core suite of products—mobile apps for both workers & businesses, and web platforms for our business customers and internal Ops team
- You'll work closely with our CTO to make key architectural decisions, iterate on the product roadmap, and build the foundational tech platform that will scale over the next several years
- Lead the development of both frontend and backend applications, guiding and mentoring other engineers when necessary
- Architect the development of our core systems—from real-time job matching algorithms to autonomous worker vetting pipelines powered by ML and AI agents
- Design, architect, and build scalable web and mobile applications, distributed systems, and APIs to meet the growing needs of the business
- Work closely with the product and design teams to create a seamless user experience while maintaining high standards for UI/UX
- Establish and promote best practices for code reusability, performance, and build processes across both the frontend and backend
- Implement systems to monitor application health and performance, helping the team understand user experience and resolve any issues proactively
- Be a key player on a scrappy founding team, contributing to the future of flexible light industrial staffing
Our take
Traba aims to revolutionize the gig economy within the warehousing and events sector by addressing current shortcomings. While the gig economy has provided flexibility elsewhere, it has struggled in these industries, often leading to disengaged workers and exploitative practices.
Trada distinguishes itself by verifying worker credentials and setting a minimum wage to ensure fair compensation, which helps mitigate issues seen in other short-term staffing solutions. The platform offers benefits like instant pay-outs and automation features for invoicing and reporting, enhancing efficiency for both workers and employers.
With significant funding secured in 2022 and 2023, Treaba is in the midst of expanding it operations across the US, prioritizing states like Texas with robust light industry sectors. Future developments include enhancing the platform with new apps and tools to streamline communication and further improve user experience.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Oct 2023
$22m
SERIES B
Jul 2022
$20m
SERIES A
Total funding: $45.6m
Company benefits
- Early stage start-up equity
- Competitive salary
- 100% paid health, dental & vision coverage
- Dinner Provided via DoorDash, free DashPass & stocked kitchen for NY employees
- One Medical Membership
- Flexible PTO
- Parental leave
- Commuter benefit
- HSA via Optum
- Mental health benefits: Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health
- Wellhub (Gympass) Membership
Company HQ
Tribeca, New York, NY
Leadership
Mike Shebat
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to Traba, Mike spent 5 years at Uber as a Founding Team Member of UberEats, then he worked as an International Launch & Expansion Lead before finally moving into the role of Global Product Lead.
Akshay Buddiga
(Co-Founder & CTO)Akshay previously spent 5 years at Fanatics, joining as a Software Engineer before holding various roles including Senior Engineering Manager.
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