Software Engineer (Backend)

Overview

Traba is building the autonomous future of industrial staffing. We are a technology company reinventing how industrial businesses manage labor by developing fully autonomous, orchestrated multi‑agent AI workflows that connect businesses with vetted workers to meet their staffing needs. Our mission is to build a world where the global supply chain operates at peak efficiency. We’re backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.

About You

• Voracious learner. You love exploring new areas, languages, and technologies, and can discuss product design one minute and deployment infrastructure the next.
• Value clear communication. You recognize the importance of documented planning and frequent feedback.
• Sweat the small stuff. You have strong opinions on design patterns, IDE settings, tabs vs. spaces, and care about the details.
• Experience with or desire to learn React Native. You have front‑end chops to build beautiful, performant apps and love creating products that delight users.

Responsibilities

• Write and review high‑quality, performant code for our React Native mobile app, React/Typescript web apps, and Node.js/PostgreSQL APIs.
• Architect the development of our core systems—from real‑time job matching algorithms to autonomous worker‑vetting pipelines powered by ML and AI agents.
• Collaborate with designers to implement pixel‑perfect, eye‑pleasing UIs.
• Implement CI/CD workflows using Docker & GitHub Actions.
• Add analytics and monitoring to understand user experience and application health.
• Contribute broadly to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light‑industrial staffing.

Requirements

• 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, thriving in ambiguity, and being a self‑starter.
• Passion for helping people find meaningful work.

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
• 🏋🏽 Gympass benefit
• ✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health