Senior Staff Engineer - Taskrabbit
Philadelphia, PA
About the Job
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 remote-first company with employees distributed across the US and EU
- 5-time Best Places to Work in 2022 by BuiltIn. Including Best Companies in SF, Best Mid-Sized Companies, and Best Benefits
- DataBird journal's "Best Places" Best Companies for Diversity, #1 2019 and 2020
- DataBird journal's "Best Places" Best Companies for Women, #4 2019 and #1 2020
This role will be remote first with limited travel through August 2025 with the expectation that employees will begin working 2 days per week in our dedicated office space starting September 2025.
About the Role
Our Dolly Moving team is looking for an experienced Senior staff Software Engineer who specializes in Typescript/JavaScript applications. The ideal candidate will be able to successfully plan and deliver complex, system level, long-term projects. As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll be one of the leaders of our team helping to define patterns and operational guidelines . You should be a thought leader for technical decisions, influencing architecture and prioritization.
What You'll Work On:
- Delivering large projects - Including scoping, planning, breaking down into discrete tasks, execution with the team, successful release, and long term monitoring.
- Breaking down a monolith - Moving from a monolithic JavaScript web application in Typescript services while advancing business interests.
- Technical Design - Mentor on the team for technical design decisions. Able to balance business needs against engineering excellence.
- Product Partner - Being a thought partner for our product team in the design and implementation of new features.
Your Areas Of Expertise:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 3+ years of professional experience with JavaScript and Typescript applications.
- An advocate of professional engineering best practices like CI/CD, automated testing, and monitoring.
- Experience building REST APIs
- Experience with the Kafka event streaming
Compensation & Benefits:
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 $157,590 - $236,300. 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 Remote-First 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 in which we operate. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average.
- The Perks. Taskrabbit offers US employees employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting. Taskrabbit offers EU employees medical insurance. 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 anti-racist culture actively strengthens the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of underrepresented experiences and our ongoing allyship commitment. 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, 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.
Taskrabbit will never use text or chat applications to conduct interviews. We have a thoughtful and interactive interview process that includes an initial recruiter phone screen and several video-based interviews with our hiring teams. Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.
