# Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI) at traba

- Company: traba
- What the company does: Traba is the AI operating layer for the industrial supply chain. We provide the labor to power your warehouses, distribution centers and production plants, and the intelligence to optimize them. Backed by Founders Fund.
- Company website: https://traba.work
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City, NY
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $240K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Apply by: 2026-10-24
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traba/f0aa1278-f467-465c-9a06-72532b570dff
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/traba-staff-software-engineer-applied-ai/

## About the role

You'll build Traba's product on top of AI agents—and set the standard for how we do it. You'll put frontier models and existing agents to work across our staffing marketplace to automate the pipeline that sources, vets, matches, and places workers on millions of shifts—and own the core backend services and platform it all runs on.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years with TypeScript/Node.js or Python, PostgreSQL, and messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ)
- A track record of shipping and leading projects at scale with high velocity
- Experience building or integrating AI/LLM systems in production is a plus—what matters most is the judgment to lead the team into it
- Comfort owning ambiguity and direction in an early-stage environment

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