Traba
Industrial Supply Chain
StaffSoftwareEngineer(Generalist)
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“Staff Software Engineer (Generalist) at Traba. Skills: Typescript/Node.js, RabbitMQ or Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker. Architect and lead development. Own architecture decisions”
What You'll Achieve.
Enable scaling over the next several years; Drive real productivity gains; Transform how the global supply chain operates at scale; Shipping amazing products; Drive efficiency through automated testing
Industry & Context.
Working through ambiguity
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years experience with Typescript/Node.js, RabbitMQ or Kafka, PostgreSQL or equivalent, Expertise designing APIs, Experience with Docker, Github Actions, Datadog, Experience working in an early-stage engineering team, working through ambiguity, being a self-starter
Nice to Have
Python, Typescript/Node.js, RabbitMQ, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Docker, Github Actions, Datadog
What You'll Do.
Architect and lead development
Own architecture decisions
Advise product & infrastructure decisions
Orchestrate CI/CD workflows
Drive efficiency through automated testing
Build analytics & monitoring
Drive backend application performance measurement
Contribute to founding team
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with CTO; Advise key product & infrastructure decisions; Work with tech leads
Communication Scope
Clear communication; Documented planning
Process & Methodology
Leading projects at scale
Full Job 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. We are backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. 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. About You: - 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
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