Software Engineer (Backend)

Traba is a technology company that enhances the productivity of the light industrial supply chain. We connect businesses with vetted workers to meet their staffing needs by leveraging location monitoring, predictive algorithms, machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other advanced technologies. Our mission is to empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

We are seeking an experienced & entrepreneurial full-stack engineer to join the founding team to help build our core suite of products—the React Native worker mobile app, the React / Node.js business web app, and a React / Node.js tools platform for our ops team. You'll partner with our CTO to help provide key input on the product roadmap, own product decisions, and build our foundational tech platform.

About You :

Voracious learner. You love diving into new areas and exploring new languages, frameworks, and technologies, and can discuss product with a UX designer one minute and deployment infrastructure 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.

Experience with or desire to learn React Native. You have the front-end chops to build beautiful performant apps and love creating products that delight users.

You Will :

Write & review high quality, performant code for our React Native mobile app, React / Typescript web apps, and Node.js / PostgreSQL APIs

Architect & document our tech platform and advise key product & infrastructure decisions

Collaborate with designers to implement pixel-perfect, eye-pleasing UIs

Implement our CI / CD workflows, using Docker & Github Actions

Add analytics & monitoring to help understand our user experience & application health

Contribute in a ton of other ways to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light industrial staffing!

You Have :

3+ years experience with Typescript, Javascript, React Native, React, Node.js, and / or PostgreSQL

Experience with Docker

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

Benefits : 📈 Start-up equity

💰 Competitive Salary

🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage

🍽️ Dinner Provided via DoorDash, free DashPass & stocked kitchen for NY employees

🚍 Commuter benefit

🎤 Team building events

🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit

🌴 Flexible PTO

✚✚ Additional : One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health

Salary Range Details

The compensation range for this position is set between $140,000 and $170,000, reflecting our market analysis and other relevant considerations. However, exceptions may be made for candidates with qualifications that significantly differ from those outlined in the job description.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Traba is dedicated to promoting Equal Opportunity employment practices. We evaluate all applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristics that are legally protected by local, state, or federal regulations. We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets.

Our Values

Dream Big - We are on a path to change the world for the better. We create and communicate a bold direction that inspires a life-changing vision. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results.

Olympian’s Work Ethic - Changing the world never comes easy. We work harder, longer, and smarter, not just two out of three. We put everything we have on the field.

Growth Mindset - We confront the toughest challenges head-on and persevere. Sometimes we fail, but we brush ourselves off, adapt, learn, and push forward with resilience.

Customer Obsession - We go the extra mile for our workers and businesses. We remain focused on delivering high-quality products and services that solve this massive and overlooked industries’ problems

What is light industrial labor?

Light industrial flexible staffing is a $50B labor market that encompasses entry-level jobs in warehouses & distribution centers. These workers pack boxes, load trucks, and manage warehouse operations to keep supply chains running at peak efficiency.