Software Engineer

Traba•New York, NY

About The Position

Traba is building the autonomous future of industrial labor and is seeking an experienced & entrepreneurial full-stack product engineer to join the founding team. This role will help build the core suite of products, including the React Native worker mobile app, the React/Node.js business web app, and a React/Node.js tools platform for the ops team. The engineer will partner with the CTO to provide key input on the product roadmap, own product decisions, and build the foundational tech platform. Traba is backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

Requirements

3+ years experience with Typescript, Javascript, React Native, React, Node.js, and/or PostgreSQL
Experience with Docker
Experience working in an early-stage engineering team, working through ambiguity, and being a self-starter
A passion for helping people find meaningful work that works for them
Voracious learner. You love diving into new areas and exploring new languages, frameworks, and technologies, and can discuss product with a UX designer one minute and deployment infrastructure with tech leads the next.
Value clear communication. You recognize the importance of clear communication, documented planning, and transparent, frequent feedback.
Sweat the small stuff. You have strong opinions on design patterns, IDEs, tabs vs. spaces—you understand that how you do one thing is how you do everything, so you care about the details.
Experience with or desire to learn React Native. You have the front-end chops to build beautiful performant apps and love creating products that delight users.

Responsibilities

Write & review high quality, performant code for our React Native mobile app, React/Typescript web apps, and Node.js/PostgreSQL APIs
Architect the development of our core systems—from real-time job matching algorithms to autonomous worker vetting pipelines powered by ML and AI agents.
Collaborate with designers to implement pixel-perfect, eye-pleasing UIs
Implement our CI/CD workflows, using Docker & Github Actions
Add analytics & monitoring to help understand our user experience & application health
Contribute in a ton of other ways to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light industrial staffing!