Senior Software Engineer

TaskRabbit; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Generous time off

Job summary

Taskrabbit is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer for the Operations Technology Team in San Francisco. You will lead, mentor, and build end-to-end features across the stack, focusing on scalable backend APIs to support clients, taskers, and internal users.

Emphasis on test-driven development, code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. The role is hybrid, requiring in-person presence two days per week in SF, with a culture that values innovation, inclusion, and practical

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience
• Experience building API-driven applications
• Understand how to organize code across the stack (frontend vs backend)
• Comfortable with test frameworks
• Strong advocate of clean code

Responsibilities

• Work across the entire tech stack in a cross functional team to build end-to-end features
• Collaborate with design and product management to conceptualize new product features
• Build backend APIs to support clients, taskers, and internal users
• Organize code across the stack (frontend vs backend)
• Architect and create complex backend solutions
• Mentor junior engineers and review code
• Contribute to documentation of best practices
• Help solve debugging, testability, and deployability challenges
• Collaborate across teams for consistency
• Contribute to the technical roadmap and progress reporting

Skills

API-driven apps

Event-driven architecture

GraphQL

Federated API

ElasticSearch

Jest

Webpack

Tools

Webpack

Jest

ElasticSearch

GraphQL

Job description

Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.

At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.

Taskrabbit is a hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU and a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) continually ranked across multiple national and regional categories. Join us at Taskrabbit, where your work will be meaningful, your ideas valued, and your potential unleashed!

Prior to applying please note:

• We are currently unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position (including H-1B, OPT, or other employment-based visas). Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
• This role is hybrid requiring 2 days in office at our San Francisco hub every Tuesday & Wednesday (located at 130 Sutter St).

About the Job

This role is on the Operations Technology Team. Our team focuses on building features and tools to support internal departments like Customer Support , Task Logistics , Marketing , Tasker Success etc, as they manage our marketplace and work with our Clients and our Taskers. Our charter is to provide Operations with the internally applicable, intelligent tooling required to grow our business, optimize our resources, and protect our community. Our goal is that every job gets done with a high quality experience for the user.

Our Operations Technology Team is looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer. As a senior engineer, you'll be one of the leaders of the team, helping to mentor junior engineers, proposing creative solutions, and de-tangling the complex into the simple. We believe strongly in test-driven development and code reviews.

Join us in creating a better everyday life for everyday people.

You will be required to:

• Working across the entire tech stack in a cross functional team to build end-to-end features.
• Collaborate with design and product management to conceptualize new product features from the ground up
• Building out backend APIs to support clients, taskers, and internal users
• Understand how to organize code across the stack: what belongs in the frontend, what in the back
• Architect and create complex solutions to backend challenges
• Work alongside more junior software engineers to help them think through designs, code implementation, and how to break down their goals into actionable steps
• Participate in code reviews, listening to feedback and commenting on other approaches
• Invest in the documentation of best practices and coding patterns
• Help solve complex debugging, testability, and deployability problems
• Collaborate across teams to promote consistency
• Contributing to our technical roadmap of ongoing improvements, enhancements and updates
• Providing technical leadership and communicating overall progress to Engineering Leadership

You should have:

• 5+ years of experience, comfortable working independently
• Experience building API-driven applications
• Understand how to organize code across the stack: what belongs in the frontend, what in the back
• Comfortable with test frameworks
• A strong advocate of clean code

You might be a fit if you have:

• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Experience with modeling mappings and leveraging ElasticSearch
• Any GraphQL or Federated API layer experience
• Familiarity with automated testing and JS build and packaging systems like Webpack and Jest
• Experience leading and delivering cross-functional projects.
• A growth mindset and a desire to learn, teach, and mentor others.

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 $160,000 - $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.
• 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 Diverse Culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average.
• 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.

Taskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Taskrabbit is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Taskrabbit will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.