Staff Software Engineer

Responsibilities

• Build Traba's product on top of AI agents, wiring frontier models and existing agents into real product across the stack.
• Set the standard for applying agents to automate the staffing pipeline (sourcing, vetting, matching, placing workers).
• Architect and lead core systems, from real-time matching to autonomous vetting pipelines powered by ML and agents.
• Own architecture for the platform, anticipating needs 1-2 years out.
• Drive backend performance, reliability, and scale.
• Partner with CTO on key architectural decisions, iterate on roadmap, and build foundational platform.
• Go where priorities are: infrastructure for agents, matching, data, or scaling problems.

Requirements

• 7+ years with TypeScript/Node.js or Python, PostgreSQL, and messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ).
• Track record of shipping and leading projects at scale with high velocity.
• Deep full-stack experience designing performant, scalable applications with expertise in APIs, data modeling, query optimization, and distributed systems.
• Voracious learner who moves easily from API design to deployment infrastructure.
• Comfort owning ambiguity and direction in an early-stage environment.
• Applier who sets the bar for integrating AI/LLM systems in production (experience building or integrating AI/LLM systems is a plus).

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience building or integrating AI/LLM systems in production.

Compensation

• Competitive salary in the range of $240,000 - $300,000.
• Start-up equity.
• 100% paid health, dental & vision coverage.
• Additional benefits: Dinner provided, free DashPass, stocked kitchen (NY), commuter benefit, Gympass, One Medical, HSA, Talkspace, etc.