{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b5f688f15bd6c4e53cc0e698","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b5f688f15bd6c4e53cc0e698","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b5f688f15bd6c4e53cc0e698","title":"Staff Front-End Engineer, Application Platform","description":"About Taskrabbit:\nTaskrabbit 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.\nAt 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.\nTaskrabbit is a hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU and a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2024) 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!\nThis role operates on a hybrid schedule requiring two days of in-office collaboration per week. The position can be based in either our San Francisco office or our new New York City office (opening March 2026).\n\nAbout the Role:\nThe Application Platform team is responsible for the Taskrabbit platform in regards to identifying opportunities for improvement in architecture, tooling, processes, and more... We're the leading edge of front-end development at Taskrabbit, the pit crew helping engineers stay on track and move faster all while modernizing our platform! Our near-term focus is modernizing the front-end, including development of a robust design system and new front-end leveraging Next.js. In addition we're improving content management efficiency and flexibility via headless CMS technologies.\nAs a Staff Engineer, you will help lead a team that designs, builds, evolves, and maintains the foundational ecosystem that powers Taskrabbit web. Your decisions will have a significant and highly visible impact on engineering productivity and the direction of our product. There is so much opportunity to leave your mark and help us make our marketplace more reliable, powerful, and scalable than it has ever been!\nJoin us in transforming lives, one task at a time.\nWhat You'll Work On:\nBuild the next generation of Taskrabbit's web front-end\nPropose and drive improvements to performance, reliability, and ease of development\nImprove developer tooling and processes for product-oriented engineering teams\nGuide other engineers on best practices for designing and implementing features\nWork with Engineering and Product leadership to develop a unified approach to engineering at Taskrabbit\nAdvise senior leadership team on current state of platform and future possibilities\n\nYour core skills:\n8+ years of experience developing modern web applications\nExtensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Next.js\nExperience building API-driven applications\nExperience with Jest, Playwright, and other testing tools\nExperience with modern frontend web development tools (e.g. NPM, Babel, ESLint, Webpack)\nExperience with Kubernetes and containerized applications\nExceptionally strong technical design and architecture skills\nPassion for mentoring other engineers\nEnjoy optimizing performance and developer experience\nStrong written and verbal communication skills\nAbility to explain complex technical subjects in simple terms\nExperience breaking down large tasks into easily understood and achievable iterations\nExperience with software engineering best practices (e.g. agile processes, technical design documentation, unit and integration testing, code reviews)\nNice-to-have skills:\nExperience with headless Content Management Systems (e.g. Contentful, Strapi)\nExperience building CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI)\nExperience with Amazon Web Service tools and hosting strategies\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)\nExperience with tRPC or \"Backend for Frontend\" pattern\nComfortable with MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch\nExperience with NestJS for building backend API applications\nExperience with event driven architecture\nComfortable with Kubernetes and containerized applications\n\nCompensation & Benefits:\nAt Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent, and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks.\nThe base pay range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. 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.\nYou'll love working here because:\nTaskrabbit is a Hybrid Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection.\nThe 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!\nThe 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.\nThe Perks. 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. Benefits vary by country of employment.\nTaskrabbit's commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:\nAn 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.\nTaskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. 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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.\nTaskrabbit is a hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU and a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2024) 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!\nThis role operates on a hybrid schedule requiring two days of in-office collaboration per week. The position can be based in either our San Francisco office or our new New York City office (opening March 2026).\n\nAbout the Role:\nThe Application Platform team is responsible for the Taskrabbit platform in regards to identifying opportunities for improvement in architecture, tooling, processes, and more... We're the leading edge of front-end development at Taskrabbit, the pit crew helping engineers stay on track and move faster all while modernizing our platform! Our near-term focus is modernizing the front-end, including development of a robust design system and new front-end leveraging Next.js. In addition we're improving content management efficiency and flexibility via headless CMS technologies.\nAs a Staff Engineer, you will help lead a team that designs, builds, evolves, and maintains the foundational ecosystem that powers Taskrabbit web. Your decisions will have a significant and highly visible impact on engineering productivity and the direction of our product. There is so much opportunity to leave your mark and help us make our marketplace more reliable, powerful, and scalable than it has ever been!\nJoin us in transforming lives, one task at a time.\nWhat You'll Work On:\nBuild the next generation of Taskrabbit's web front-end\nPropose and drive improvements to performance, reliability, and ease of development\nImprove developer tooling and processes for product-oriented engineering teams\nGuide other engineers on best practices for designing and implementing features\nWork with Engineering and Product leadership to develop a unified approach to engineering at Taskrabbit\nAdvise senior leadership team on current state of platform and future possibilities\n\nYour core skills:\n8+ years of experience developing modern web applications\nExtensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Next.js\nExperience building API-driven applications\nExperience with Jest, Playwright, and other testing tools\nExperience with modern frontend web development tools (e.g. NPM, Babel, ESLint, Webpack)\nExperience with Kubernetes and containerized applications\nExceptionally strong technical design and architecture skills\nPassion for mentoring other engineers\nEnjoy optimizing performance and developer experience\nStrong written and verbal communication skills\nAbility to explain complex technical subjects in simple terms\nExperience breaking down large tasks into easily understood and achievable iterations\nExperience with software engineering best practices (e.g. agile processes, technical design documentation, unit and integration testing, code reviews)\nNice-to-have skills:\nExperience with headless Content Management Systems (e.g. Contentful, Strapi)\nExperience building CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI)\nExperience with Amazon Web Service tools and hosting strategies\nExperience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)\nExperience with tRPC or \"Backend for Frontend\" pattern\nComfortable with MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch\nExperience with NestJS for building backend API applications\nExperience with event driven architecture\nComfortable with Kubernetes and containerized applications\n\nCompensation & Benefits:\nAt Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent, and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks.\nThe base pay range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. 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.\nYou'll love working here because:\nTaskrabbit is a Hybrid Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection.\nThe 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!\nThe 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.\nThe Perks. 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. Benefits vary by country of employment.\nTaskrabbit's commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:\nAn 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.\nTaskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. 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