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.
As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. 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.
This role is hybrid requiring 2 days in office at our San Francisco hub every Tuesday & Wednesday (located at 130 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA).
The Core Services team is focused on building out shared capabilities and services that impact all other teams at Taskrabbit, and those services are used on almost every portion of our platform. We serve as the foundation that enables our engineering organization to stay on track, move faster, and build scalable, high-impact features.
In this role, one of the initial responsibilities will be to lead the integration of our experimentation platform, empowering our product and engineering teams to experiment, test hypotheses, and iterate quickly on new features. As a Staff Engineer, you will help lead a team that designs, builds, evolves, and maintains these foundational systems. Lead the architecture, integration, and adoption of our company-wide experimentation platform to enable rapid iteration and feature testing across teams
Design, build, and maintain robust, high-performance TypeScript-based APIs and foundational services
Work closely with Ruby on Rails backend services and integrate shared capabilities into existing application infrastructure
Propose and drive improvements to platform performance, reliability, and developer experience
Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to establish a unified data-driven experimentation strategy across Taskrabbit
Advise senior leadership on platform capabilities, experimentation architecture, and future strategic initiatives
Hands-on experience with at least one major experimentation & feature flagging platform (e.g., Professional experience with AI led agentic software development (e.g. Experience building and maintaining robust TypeScript-based APIs and services
~ Experience with modern software development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized environments
~ Proven track record of breaking down complex platform initiatives into manageable, high-impact iterations
Experience with Ruby on Rails is a plus
Familiarity with event-driven architectures and data streaming mechanisms (e.g. Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS), infrastructure as code, and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch)
Experience with Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) design patterns
Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks. This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits. 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.
Taskrabbit offers our employees with employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting for our US based employees. 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. 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 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, sex, 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.
AI-Assisted Prescreening Notice [US Based Candidates Only] : As part of our hiring process, we may use artificial intelligence tools to assist with the initial prescreening of applications and responses. This tool does not make hiring decisions — every application and response is reviewed by a member of our recruiting team to determine fit for the role. If you would prefer not to have your application processed using this tool, you may opt out by selecting 'opt out' in the application form or by emailing , and your application will be reviewed manually with no impact on your candidacy.
