4 hours ago
Base Salary
$240k - $300k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect Traba’s agent platform end to end, including the orchestration runtime, evaluation and observability stack, integrations, and reusable agent patterns.
- Own model strategy, harness design, retrieval and memory architecture, tool/MCP surface, and quality measurement.
- Build evaluation infrastructure with datasets, graders, regression suites, and experimentation tooling.
- Spend time with customers and operators to shape durable product and deployment patterns.
- Make foundational technical decisions and set engineering standards through hands-on implementation.
- Hire and mentor engineers and partner with the CTO, product, and operations leadership on the multi-year platform roadmap.
Requirements
- 7+ years of software engineering experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on production experience with LLM- or agent-based systems.
- Deep experience with Python and/or TypeScript/Node.js.
- Track record designing distributed systems, APIs, and data models using PostgreSQL and modern messaging technologies such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Demonstrated ownership of a substantial production agent system covering orchestration, tool use, retrieval, evaluations, observability, and cost/latency tuning.
- Background in vertical AI, an AI-agent company, forward-deployed engineering, or an AI-native data company; supply-chain, logistics, or industrial experience is a bonus.
- Experience leading 0-to-1 builds in early-stage environments and operating with high autonomy.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including customer workshops, design documentation, and recruiting.
Benefits
- Start-up equity.
- Competitive salary.
- 100% paid health, dental, and vision coverage.
- Dinner via DoorDash, free DashPass, and a stocked kitchen for New York employees.
- Commuter benefit.
- Gympass benefit.
- One Medical membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, and Teledoc Health.
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About Traba
Traba builds an AI-driven marketplace and staffing platform that connects light industrial businesses—such as distribution centers and manufacturing lines—with reliable hourly workers. The company monetizes through a two-sided marketplace and staffing services tailored to enterprise operations. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in New York City, it raised a Series A in 2023 and is backed by investors including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.