Taskrabbit - Senior Full Stack Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States - Hybrid$130k - $180k+ Equity2w ago

In Office Senior NA Full Stack Engineer Senior Full Stack Developer Full Stack Node.js Ruby Ruby on Rails SQL

Requirements

• 5 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 experience (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. • 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.

Responsibilities

• Architect: Define the multi-quarter technical roadmap for AI & Innovation team (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. • Architect: • Tech Lead: Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives. • Tech Lead: • Solver: Translate ambiguous, high-stakes business goals into clear technical strategies, designs, and experiments. • Solver: • Multiplier: Serve as a Javascript subject-matter expert, champion high-quality testing and AI practices, mentor engineers, and produce durable technical documentation. • Multiplier: • 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. • Champion AI-Driven Development: • Spec-Driven Development (SDD): Champion SDD practices using AI tooling, ensuring the consistent translation of precise specs into resilient Node.js implementations and thorough test suites. • Spec-Driven Development (SDD):

Benefits

• At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent, and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks. The base pay range for this position is $130,000 - $180,000. This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above and will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, geography, and level. • You’ll love working here because: • Taskrabbit is a Hybrid Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection. • Taskrabbit is a Hybrid Company. • The People. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams -- people you can be proud to work with! • The People. • The Diverse Culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average. • The Diverse Culture. • The Perks. Taskrabbit offers our employees with employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting for our US based employees. We offer all of our global employees generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks, Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, IKEA discounts, reproductive health support, and more. Benefits vary by country of employment. • Taskrabbit’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: • An Active Commitment to Equity within our Company and Platform. We are an inclusive community where all who share our mission and values belong. Our diverse team represents the communities we serve, breaking down systemic barriers, and transforming lives- one action at a time.