Staff Front-End Engineer, Application Platform
About The Position
The 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. As 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! Join us in transforming lives, one task at a time.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience developing modern web applications
- Extensive experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, and Next.js
- Experience building API-driven applications
- Experience with Jest, Playwright, and other testing tools
- Experience with modern frontend web development tools (e.g. NPM, Babel, ESLint, Webpack)
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications
- Exceptionally strong technical design and architecture skills
- Passion for mentoring other engineers
- Enjoy optimizing performance and developer experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain complex technical subjects in simple terms
- Experience breaking down large tasks into easily understood and achievable iterations
- Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g. agile processes, technical design documentation, unit and integration testing, code reviews)
Nice To Haves
- Experience with headless Content Management Systems (e.g. Contentful, Strapi)
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, CircleCI)
- Experience with Amazon Web Service tools and hosting strategies
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
- Experience with tRPC or “Backend for Frontend” pattern
- Comfortable with MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch
- Experience with NestJS for building backend API applications
- Experience with event driven architecture
- Comfortable with Kubernetes and containerized applications
Responsibilities
- Build the next generation of Taskrabbit’s web front-end
- Propose and drive improvements to performance, reliability, and ease of development
- Improve developer tooling and processes for product-oriented engineering teams
- Guide other engineers on best practices for designing and implementing features
- Work with Engineering and Product leadership to develop a unified approach to engineering at Taskrabbit
- Advise senior leadership team on current state of platform and future possibilities
Benefits
- employer-paid health insurance
- 401k match with immediate vesting
- generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks
- Taskrabbit product stipends
- wellness + productivity + education stipends
- IKEA discounts
- reproductive health support
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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