Staff Platform Architect: Modernization & AI Backend

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k match

Product stipends

IKEA discounts

Job summary

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Architect to drive Platform Modernization across the backend. You will partner with engineering teams to implement TSA guidelines, apply AI-assisted development, and ship tangible improvements.

This hands-on role requires 8+ years in backend design, distributed systems, and strong communication to lead design reviews and mentor teammates. Hybrid work with two in-office days weekly in SF or NYC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Proficiency with TypeScript/Node.js; other strongly typed languages acceptable.
• Experience containerizing and deploying applications.
• Passion for AI tooling and AI-assisted development.
• Excellent communication and leadership in design discussions.

Responsibilities

• Act as Architecture team's representative to engineering groups.
• Drive platform modernization projects aligned with TSA.
• Apply AI tooling and Spec-Driven Development practices.
• Pair with engineers to transfer architectural patterns into teams.
• Define standards for tooling, coding, and documentation.

Skills

TypeScript/Node.js

Distributed systems

AI tooling

Communication skills

Leadership

Platform modernization

Tools

Kubernetes

NestJS

Helm charts

SpecKit/OpenSpec/Intent

ArgoCD

Datadog

OpenAPI/AsyncAPI

Job description

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Architect to drive Platform Modernization across the backend. You will partner with engineering teams to implement TSA guidelines, apply AI-assisted development, and ship tangible improvements.

This hands-on role requires 8+ years in backend design, distributed systems, and strong communication to lead design reviews and mentor teammates. Hybrid work with two in-office days weekly in SF or NYC.