Staff Software Engineer

Job Description

The Project Domain Team is architecting the future of Taskrabbit’s service engine. Our mission is to build a scalable, event-driven ecosystem that captures client needs with more precision than ever before. This domain focuses on decoupling Demand from Supply and dismantling legacy constraints, empowering the platform to handle our customers' complex needs. As a Staff Engineer on this team, you won’t just be maintaining a domain system, you will be building the foundation that unlocks high-value revenue streams and enables Taskrabbit to expand into entirely new categories. You will play a pivotal role in creating a better everyday life for our users by making complex home services feel seamless.

Job Responsibility

Designing & Driving the implementation of complex, high-volume backend solutions, focusing on core demand flow and event-driven architectures
Contribute to the team’s technical roadmap by proposing and executing platform improvements that dismantle legacy constraints and increase scalability
Mentor and collaborate with junior engineers, guiding them through complex design decisions, best practices, and effective goal decomposition
Establish and document best-in-class coding patterns and domain standards, ensuring they are accessible and actionable across the team
Maintain a culture of excellence through thorough code reviews and by troubleshooting complex performance, testing, and deployment issues in a high-traffic production environment
Partner effectively with Product, Design, and other domain teams to ensure cohesive feature delivery and a seamless user experience

Requirements

8+ years of professional experience in software development, with a primary focus on building and scaling complex backend systems
Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and the NestJS framework, with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, production-grade features at scale
Extensive experience building and consuming API-driven applications (e.g., RESTful services) and a strong understanding of microservice architectures
A solid foundation in Domain-Driven Design (DDD) principles and the ability to apply them to solve complex business logic challenges
Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar event-streaming platforms to build decoupled, resilient systems
A strong commitment to code quality, comprehensive documentation, and a mindset geared toward operational excellence and system reliability

Nice to have

Experienced in Ruby on Rails with a proven ability to navigate and interpret complex legacy codebases
Expertise in database technologies such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, with the ability to design efficient schemas and write highly optimized queries
Experience operating in a distributed systems environment and a solid conceptual understanding of event-driven architecture (e.g., using message queues or streams)
Experience working with background processing systems like Redis or Sidekiq
Experience building and supporting containerized applications deployed into Kubernetes infrastructures
Excellent communication and collaborative skills for working with cross-functional teams

What we offer

Taskrabbit is a Hybrid Company
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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

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