Staff Platform Modernization Architect

Taskrabbit; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

401(k) match with immediate vesting

Generous time off with company-wide閉s

IKEA discounts

Job summary

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Architect to drive platform modernization within the Architecture team. You will embed with engineering teams, applying AI-assisted development and TSA-aligned patterns across the platform, delivering concrete technical designs and hands-on collaboration with engineers.

You will shape the approach to migration, sequencing, and risk, while defining standards for tooling, coding, and documentation to ensure repeatable, scalable modernization across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, backend focus.
• Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture.
• Proficiency in TypeScript/Node.js or similar strongly typed language.
• Experience with containers and deployment pipelines.
• Interest in AI tooling and AI-assisted development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; ability to lead discussions.
• Willingness to lead and be visible in architecture meetings.

Responsibilities

• Represent Architecture team to engineering groups and drive TSA-aligned modernization.
• Apply AI tooling and Spec-Driven Development to modernize platform components.
• Pair with engineers and leadership to unblock work and transfer patterns.
• Write and review Technical Design Documents and RFCs.
• Define standards for tooling, processes, AI usage, and documentation.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

TypeScript/Node.js

Containerization

AI tooling

Communication

Leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

NestJS

OpenAPI

Docker

ArgoCD

Job description

Taskrabbit is seeking a Staff Software Architect to drive platform modernization within the Architecture team. You will embed with engineering teams, applying AI-assisted development and TSA-aligned patterns across the platform, delivering concrete technical designs and hands-on collaboration with engineers.

You will shape the approach to migration, sequencing, and risk, while defining standards for tooling, coding, and documentation to ensure repeatable, scalable modernization across teams.