Traba

Supply Chain

StaffSoftwareEngineer(Generalist)

$240–300k New York, New York, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Software Engineer (Generalist) at Traba. Skills: Backend services, Platform architecture, Applied AI. Architect core systems. Lead core systems development”

What You'll Achieve.

Enable scaling over next years

Industry & Context.

Supply Chain
Problems you'll solve

Sweat the small stuff; Opinions on design patterns

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years experience with Typescript/Node.js or Python, 7+ years experience with RabbitMQ or Kafka, 7+ years experience with PostgreSQL, Track record of shipping products, Experience leading projects at scale, Expertise designing APIs, Experience with Docker, Experience with Github Actions, Experience with Datadog, Experience working in early-stage engineering team, Experience working through ambiguity, Experience being a self-starter

Nice to Have

Qualifications that significantly differ from outlined

What You'll Do.

Architect core systems

Lead core systems development

Own architecture decisions

Advise product decisions

Advise infrastructure decisions

Orchestrate CI/CD workflows

Drive efficiency through automated testing

Drive backend application performance measurement

Drive backend application performance optimization

Contribute to founding team

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with CTO; Founding team

Communication Scope

Clear communication; Documented planning

Process & Methodology

Roadmap iteration

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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