Senior Software Engineer - Taskrabbit
United States, VA
About the Job
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.
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
About the Role
Taskrabbit is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help us take our frontend experience to the next level. We are looking for a skilled fullstack engineer who has vast experience with frontend development and best practices. Taskrabbit is integrated with IKEA, our parent company, and we need someone to help evangelize our services to the public and potential customers. This Senior Engineer will be responsible for collaborating with peers in Engineering, Architecture, Data, Product and other business leaders to continue building a frontend experience to support and sustain hyper growth for Taskrabbit.
Join us in transforming lives one task at a time!
What You'll Work On:
- Designing, building, and maintaining solutions which follow our engineering principles:
- expose the ability to be measured and observed
- protect our customer, our business, and our partners and their data
- always do what the customer expects and upon failure, data is recoverable
- always available when and where the customer expects and which are healthy and current
- perform to, and exceed, customer expectations
- delight the customer
- Contributing to the growth and success of team members through code review, clear documentation, and mentorship.
Your Areas Of Expertise:
- 3 years of experience in software engineering.
- Experience building developer platforms, defining the strategy, and providing technical direction to the team.
- Experience building API-driven applications and endpoints.
- Strong design and full-stack skills.
- Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, design documentation).
- Proficiency with Ruby/Rails
You might be a fit if you have:
- Preferable experience / knowledge in Next.js and React test frameworks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Enjoy helping organize and scope high-priority projects and plans to keep us moving forward.
- Great attention to detail and quality.
- Love for collaborating with a tight-knit team and across the organization.
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 $115,000-$160,000. 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.