Senior Software Engineer
Taskrabbit · San Francisco, California, United States
Posted 29 days ago · $130,000 - $180,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 29 days Taskrabbit's roles stay open a median of 37 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 71% of Taskrabbit's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Taskrabbit
- moderate 5 stale, 0 reposted of 17 open
- Hiring momentum
- 26 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Taskrabbit's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Taskrabbit.
About this role
As a Senior Software Engineer at Taskrabbit, you will play a key role in enhancing the experience of taskers on the platform by focusing on onboarding, category eligibility, and marketplace matching. Your responsibilities will include defining technical roadmaps, leading cross-team initiatives, improving system reliability, and championing best practices in software development. You will work primarily with Ruby on Rails and TypeScript, while also mentoring other engineers and driving the adoption of AI-driven development practices.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Taskrabbit as an employer.
What you need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong background in Ruby on Rails and typed Ruby (Sorbet)
- Working knowledge of TypeScript, especially contract-driven type generation
- Solid SQL and data modeling skills (MySQL)
- Hands-on experience with async/event-driven systems (Kafka)
- Experience building and owning observability and alerting for critical systems
Nice to have
- Experience with Spec Driven Development
- Hands-on experience with AI tools
- Experience replatforming legacy monolith code into cleanly-bounded engines
- Experience moving a typed backend toward TypeScript-bound contracts
What you get
- Base pay range of $130,000 - $180,000
- Employer-paid health insurance
- 401k match with immediate vesting for US-based employees
- Generous and flexible time off
- Two company-wide closure weeks
- Taskrabbit product stipends
Worth weighing
- Hybrid role requiring 2 days in office
- No visa sponsorship available
- Final offer amounts may vary based on multiple factors
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Listed by Taskrabbit on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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