Temporary and permanent staffing: hospitality, warehouse, retail, hotel, event, and food service operations. 7M workers across 400+ cities in U.S. and Canada. Backed by Greylock, Y Combinator and GV.
About the role
We put ourselves in the shoes of our colleagues and customers and don’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations, instead building trust through honest and direct feedback. We practice high-velocity decision-making, clear-eyed that we often operate with incomplete information. Growing quickly means it’s OK to be wrong, so long as we learn from our mistakes and course correct!
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of professional experience with a focus on high-growth product environments, particularly in Robotics, AI/ML, and related fields
- Strong coding and architectural proficiency—you prioritize moving quickly down the right path to ship reliable code daily
- Full-stack proficiency—comfortable across backend services, APIs, and modern frontends (React, Angular, or Vue.js)
- Strong product instincts—you translate customer needs into technical solutions that drive business outcomes
- AI-First mindset—expertly using AI coding tools to accelerate delivery without compromising architectural integrity
- Agile execution—you understand the lifecycle of a feature from local branch to production monitoring
More about this role
Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AI-powered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by world-class investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, we’re looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Instawork Robotics to contribute to the development of next-generation products as a key team member driving impactful features from concept to production. You will collaborate across Engineering, Operations, and Business teams to translate customer requirements into clear, scalable technical solutions, leveraging AI methodologies to deliver high-quality products and efficient software workflows. You’ll work across distributed systems, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, observability, and high-throughput data workflows—supporting a platform already processing 50+ PB of data and 600K+ hours of video.
You are someone who thrives in ambiguous problem spaces, has strong product...
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