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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer (Generalist) - **Company:** Traba Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $240,000.0 - $300,000.0 - **Contract:** Temporary contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Performance Management, Automation of Tests, Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Design Patterns, Distributed Systems, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Machine Learning, Node.Js, RabbitMQ, TypeScript, Web Services, Datadog, Database Optimization, Backend, Apache Kafka, Api Design, Docker - **Published:** May 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=c534b506aef3063c ## About the Role Do you have experience in Web services design?, We are seeking an experienced & entrepreneurial staff product engineer to join the founding team to lead the development of our core suite of backend services and platform. You'll partner with our CTO to help make key architectural decisions, iterate on the roadmap, own product decisions, and architect & build our foundational tech platform to enable scaling over the next several years., * Voracious learner. You love diving into new areas and exploring new languages, databases, and technologies, and can discuss API design one minute and deployment infrastructure pipelines 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. * Deep experience building full-stack web applications. You have designed and built performant, scalable applications, and have expertise in developing APIs, data modeling, optimizing database queries, and scaling distributed systems., * 7+ years experience with Typescript/Node.js or Python, RabbitMQ or Kafka, and PostgreSQL or equivalent * A track record of shipping amazing products and leading projects at scale with high velocity * Expertise designing APIs * Experience with Docker, Github Actions, and Datadog * 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 ## Description Traba is the AI operating layer for the industrial supply chain. We started in workforce-temp staffing, the biggest operational pain point for the manufacturing and logistics customers we serve-and used it to embed ourselves inside their daily operations and create a far better customer experience through technology. Now those same customers are pulling us beyond staffing into the broader operational workflows that run their facilities. That foundation gave us proprietary data from millions of shifts and deep enterprise relationships. But our edge is more than data: by connecting to the systems running across every facility and activating the workers already on our platform to execute against them, we are building applied AI that drives real productivity gains and transforms how the global supply chain operates at scale., * Architect and lead the development of our core systems-from real-time job matching algorithms to autonomous worker vetting pipelines powered by ML and AI agents. * Own architecture decisions for our tech platform and advise key product & infrastructure decisions, thinking ahead for what the company and engineering team will need a year or two from now * Orchestrate our CI/CD workflows, using Docker & Github, and drive efficiency through automated testing * Build analytics & monitoring to help understand our user experience & application health * Drive backend application performance measurement and optimization * Contribute in a ton of other ways to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light industrial staffing! ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [Trunk-Based Development at Scale: Real-World Insights from a High-Traffic Luxury E-Commerce Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1435-trunk-based-development-at-scale-real-world-insights-from-a-high-traffic-luxury-e-commerce-platform) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Where To Find Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/396-where-to-find-software-engineering-jobs) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers)