Senior Software Engineer

About Taskrabbit: 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: W e 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 Role: We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Post-Booking team, someone who doesn't just build, but raises the quality bar across our entire ecosystem. You'll be instrumental in shaping the consumer experience following the initial booking process. Your work will focus on building new features to improve the customer experience through high-performance Node.js services and AI-driven enhancements, as well as critical replatforming work to modernize our microservice infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: Architect: Define the multi-quarter technical roadmap for Post-Booking domains (backend, frontend web client etc) along with the engineering manager and architects - driving strategy, addressing tech debt, and evolving scalable system architecture, APIs, and data models. Tech Lead: Lead complex, cross-team technical initiatives. Solver: Translate ambiguous, high-stakes business goals into clear technical strategies, designs, and experiments. Multiplier: Serve as a Javascript subject-matter expert, champion high-quality testing and AI practices, mentor engineers, and produce durable technical documentation. Champion AI-Driven Development: Lead the adoption of Spec-Driven Development (SDD) leveraging advanced AI tools, ensuring engineers consistently turn well-defined specs into robust, scalable Node.js implementations and comprehensive test suites. Requirements: 4 years professional software engineering including a mix of frontend and backend experience, with demonstrated impact (leading complex domains, influencing multiple teams). Extensive professional experience with Node.js and microservice architecture; familiarity with Ruby on Rails is a plus. Strong SQL and data modeling for financial use cases (Postgres, Snowflake). Hands-on experience with async/event-driven systems (Kafka) and microservice architecture. Proven track record designing and owning observability/alerting for critical systems. Mastery in building, debugging, and scaling distributed systems. Excellent communication, ability to influence without authority, and a strong ownership mentality for systems handling money and trust. Bonus Points if you have: Experience with Spec Driven Development. Hands-on AI tools experience. Experience with rebuilding legacy software systems. Familiarity with microservice and event-driven architectures at scale. Compensation & Benefits: At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent, and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus…