Staff Software Architect
Hands-on staff architect embedded with Taskrabbit engineering teams to drive platform modernization toward its Target State Architecture — pairing with engineers, applying AI-assisted and spec-driven development, and writing/reviewing TDDs and RFCs. Backend stack: TypeScript/Node.js, distributed event-driven systems, containers/Kubernetes. Hybrid: 2 days/week in San Francisco.
- Compensation
- $150K–$200K / yr
- Location
- New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Staff
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, primarily building and scaling backend systems
- Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture
- Experience with containerization and containerized application deployment
- Proven track record applying AI tooling and AI-assisted development practices professionally
- Excellent communication skills; able to build consensus and keep design discussions productive
- Willingness to lead and be visible and vocal in architecture and team design meetings
- Comfort pairing directly with engineers and technical leadership, not just producing documentation
Nice to have
- TypeScript/Node.js experience (candidates from other strongly typed languages like Java or .NET also considered)
- Experience with Kubernetes (K8s)
- Experience with the NestJS framework
- Experience designing or using Helm charts
- Experience with Spec-Driven Development tools such as SpecKit, OpenSpec, Intent, or Kiro
- Experience with ArgoCD
- Experience with Datadog
- Experience with contract-first design using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI
Full description
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 hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU and a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) 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!
Prior to applying please note:
- This role is hybrid requiring 2 days in office at our San Francisco or NYC hub every Tuesday & Wednesday.
About the Role:
The Architecture Team drives Taskrabbit's Platform Modernization efforts, guiding engineering teams toward our Target State Architecture (TSA). As a Staff Software Architect, you'll serve as an embedded representative of the Architecture team, partnering with engineering teams across the platform to accelerate their modernization work.
You'll operate as a subject matter expert on platform modernization within a small team of architects, applying AI-assisted and Spec-Driven Development (SDD) practices to help teams build new components using our Target State Architecture stack of technologies. This role is hands-on and results-oriented: pairing directly with engineers and technical leads, not just advising from the sidelines.
You will be:
- Acting as the Architecture team's representative to assigned engineering teams, driving platform modernization projects in accordance with the TSA.
- Applying AI tooling and Spec-Driven Development practices to help teams modernize the parts of the platform they own.
- Pairing with engineers and technical leadership to unblock modernization work and transfer architectural patterns directly into team practice.
- Serving as a subject matter expert on platform modernization, advising on migration approach, sequencing, and risk.
- Advocating for TSA-aligned solutions in technical discussions, including working through design discussions with engineering leads and other stakeholders.
- Collaborating with a small team of architects to maintain consistency across modernization efforts platform-wide.