Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.
At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
- Taskrabbit is a remote-first company with employees distributed across the US and EU
- 5-time Best Places to Work in 2022 by BuiltIn. Including Best Companies in SF, Best Mid-Sized Companies, and Best Benefits
- DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Diversity, #1 2019 and 2020
- DataBird journal’s “Best Places” Best Companies for Women, #4 2019 and #1 2020
This role will be fully remote through August 2025 with the expectation that employees will begin working 2 days per week in our dedicated office space starting September 2025.
About the Job:
At a point of major inflection and scale, Taskrabbit is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help design and implement our Partner API platform that enables Taskrabbit to integrate with other businesses so they can offer Taskrabbit services to their customers. Partnerships are a critical growth engine for Taskrabbit and one of our top strategic priorities. Taskrabbit is integrated with IKEA, our parent company, and we are building our partnerships platform to unlock more business opportunities through new partnerships. We seek a strong technical leader with experience building a robust and scalable platform to support current and future partners at scale. This Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for collaborating with peers in Engineering, Architecture, Data, Product, and other business leaders to build a partnerships platform to support and sustain hyper-growth for Taskrabbit.
Join us in transforming lives one task at a time
You will be:
- Designing, building, and maintaining partner-facing solutions which follow our engineering principles:
- expose the ability to be measured and observed
- protect our customer, our business, and our partners and their data
- always do what the customer expects and upon failure, data is recoverable
- always available when and where the customer expects and which are healthy and current
- perform to, and exceed, customer expectations
- delight the customer
- Contributing to the growth and success of team members through code review, clear documentation, and mentorship
- Contributing to initiatives across the company to support the Partnerships program.
- Accelerating the Partner integration experience through developer tooling, SDKs, and documentation
- Working collaboratively to establish best practices, refine project requirements, and unblock yourself and others
You should have:
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering, partner engineering, or similar roles
- Experience building developer platforms, helping define the strategy, and being collaborative with cross-functional teams
- Experience designing and building API endpoints.
- Strong design and architecture skills.
- Experience with software engineering best practices (e.g., unit testing, code reviews, technical design documentation).
- Proficiency with Ruby/Rails
- Experience with MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, and similar technologies.
You might be a fit if you have:
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Desire to work with a layered application architecture.
- Enjoy owning and scoping high-visibility projects to keep us moving forward.
- Great attention to detail and quality.
- Love collaborating with a tight-knit team and across the organization.
Bonus Points:
- Care deeply and are opinionated about partnership programs, API design patterns, or the developer experience
- Built a customer-facing API integration
Compensation & Benefits:
At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent and equitable. total compensation consists of base pay + bonus + benefits + perks.
The base pay range for this position is $115,000. - $160,000 This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above, and will be determined by factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, qualifications, geography, and level.
- Taskrabbit is a Remote-First Company. We value flexibility and choice but also stay committed to regular in-person connection.
- The People. You will be surrounded by some of the most talented, supportive, smart, and kind leaders and teams -- people you can be proud to work with!
- The Diverse Culture. We believe that we make better decisions when our workforce reflects the diversity of the communities in which we operate. Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average.
- The Perks. Taskrabbit offers US employees employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting. Taskrabbit offers EU employees medical insurance. We offer all of our global employees, generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks, Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, IKEA discounts, reproductive health support, and more. Benefits vary by country of employment.
Taskrabbit’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
An Active Commitment to Equity within our Company and Platform.
We are an inclusive community where all who share our mission and values belong. Our anti-racist culture actively strengthens the knowledge, understanding, and awareness of underrepresented experiences and our ongoing allyship commitment. Our diverse team represents the communities we serve, breaking down systemic barriers, and transforming lives- one action at a time.
Taskrabbit is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, military/veteran status, or disability status. Taskrabbit is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.
Taskrabbit will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.
Taskrabbit will never use text or chat applications to conduct interviews. We have a thoughtful and interactive interview process that includes an initial recruiter phone screen and several video-based interviews with our hiring teams. Communications will always be conducted by taskrabbit.com domain names.
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What We Do
Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handy work, moving help, and much more. Acquired by IKEA Group - the world’s largest furniture retailer - in 2017
At Taskrabbit, we want to make your neighborhood a little more familiar. Whether it’s a handyman (or woman!), a housecleaner, moving help or delivery person, we’re imagining a world where everyone will have a go-to team to make everyday life easier. As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work.
As a pioneer of the sharing economy, Taskrabbit was founded on the premise of neighbors helping neighbors. Since then, our network has grown to eight countries and 75+ cities, yet our core mission of creating a better everyday life for everyday people has remained the same.
Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
We are a group of mission-minded people. Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced. We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially-minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love - and have a ton of fun while they’re at it.
Why Work With Us
Taskrabbit is remote-first with coworkers across the US, Canada and the EU. We are deeply mission-driven helping our communities, providing meaningful income on your own terms, and transforming lives, one task at a time.
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Taskrabbit Offices
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Taskrabbit is remote-first which means we prioritize flexibility and work from home, but equally value coming together to connect throughout the year. Employees will be in a dedicated hub office 2 days per week.
