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$150,000 – $200,000
Listed on Taskrabbit’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Taskrabbit seeks a hands-on Staff Software Architect to embed with engineering teams and drive platform modernization using modern backend technologies and AI-assisted development practices. This role combines strategic guidance with direct technical execution—designing systems, pairing with engineers, and establishing architectural standards across a distributed, event-driven platform.
Our summary, not Taskrabbit’s wording. The full posting is on their site.
Skills this role names
- ArgoCD
- Datadog
- Docker
- Helm
- Kubernetes
- NestJS
- Node.js
- OpenAPI/Swagger
- Spec-Driven Development (SDD)
- TypeScript
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What they ask for
Required
- 8+ years of professional software development experience
- Primary focus on building and scaling backend systems
- Experience with distributed systems and event-driven architecture
- Experience with containerization and containerized application deployment
- Enthusiasm for AI tooling and AI-assisted development practices
- Excellent communication and consensus-building skills
- Willingness to be visible and vocal in architecture meetings
- Comfort pairing directly with engineers and technical leadership
Nice to have
- TypeScript/Node.js experience
- Kubernetes experience
- NestJS framework experience
- Helm charts design or usage
- Spec-Driven Development tools experience (SpecKit, OpenSpec, Intent, Kiro, or similar)
- ArgoCD experience
- Datadog experience
- Contract-first design using OpenAPI and AsyncAPI