Traba

Staff Software Engineer (AI Agents)

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San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$240k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect Traba’s agent platform, including the orchestration runtime, evaluation and observability stack, system integrations, and reusable agent patterns.
  • Own model strategy, harness design, retrieval and memory architecture, tool and MCP surfaces, and quality measurement.
  • Build evaluation infrastructure with datasets, graders, regression suites, and experimentation tooling.
  • Spend time with customers and operators to translate operational needs into durable product and deployment patterns.
  • Partner with the CTO, product, and operations leadership on the platform roadmap.
  • Hire and mentor engineers and establish technical and quality standards.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of hands-on production work with LLM- or agent-based systems.
  • Deep experience with Python and/or TypeScript/Node.js, distributed systems, APIs, data models, PostgreSQL, and modern messaging such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
  • Demonstrated ownership of a non-trivial production agent system covering orchestration, tool use, retrieval, evaluations, observability, and cost and latency tuning.
  • Background in vertical AI, AI-agent companies, forward-deployed engineering, or AI-native data companies; supply chain, logistics, or industrial experience is a bonus.
  • Experience leading 0-to-1 builds in early-stage environments and operating effectively with ambiguity and high agency.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, including customer workshops, design documentation, and recruiting.

Benefits

  • Start-up equity.
  • 100% paid health, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Dinner provided via DoorDash, free DashPass, and a stocked kitchen for New York employees.
  • Commuter benefit and Gympass benefit.
  • One Medical membership, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, and Teledoc Health.
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About Traba

201-500 employees

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.

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