Staff Engineer, Experimentation Platform & Core Services

Taskrabbit; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match with immediate vesting (US)

Generous PTO + company-wide closure

Stipends for wellness/productivity/ed

Job summary

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the integration of our experimentation platform and build scalable TypeScript-based APIs. You will collaborate with Rails services and mentor engineers while driving a data-driven experimentation strategy across teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance improvements, and leadership in a hybrid environment with in-person collaboration in San Francisco.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience developing modern APIs.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major experimentation & feature flagging platform (e.g., Optimizely, Growthbook, Statsig, or similar).
• Professional experience with AI led agentic software development.
• Experience building and maintaining robust TypeScript-based APIs and services.
• Exceptional technical design and architecture skills for scalable shared capabilities.
• Experience with modern software development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments.
• Mentoring engineers and elevating team capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to break down complex platform initiatives into high-impact iterations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, integration, and adoption of the company-wide experimentation platform.
• Design, build, and maintain robust TypeScript-based APIs and foundational services.
• Collaborate with Ruby on Rails backend services to integrate shared capabilities.
• Propose improvements to platform performance, reliability, and developer experience.
• Guide and mentor engineers on best practices for feature experimentation and scalable architecture.
• Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to establish a unified data-driven experimentation strategy.
• Advise senior leadership on platform capabilities and strategic initiatives.

Skills

APIs

Experimentation platform

TypeScript APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Architecture design

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Ruby on Rails

Kafka

AWS

Kubernetes

Elasticsearch

Redis

Job description

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the integration of our experimentation platform and build scalable TypeScript-based APIs. You will collaborate with Rails services and mentor engineers while driving a data-driven experimentation strategy across teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, performance improvements, and leadership in a hybrid environment with in-person collaboration in San Francisco.