--- title: 'Senior Software Engineer (Applied AI) at Traba' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-applied-ai-traba-new-york-f7cwn05gwxjj' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Senior Software Engineer (Applied AI) at Traba - **Company:** Traba - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-09-09 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traba/b1af12a1-9a17-447b-952a-88a4c54bb9fa ## Job description Traba is building the AI operating system for the industrial supply chain - the network of warehouses, manufacturers, logistics providers, and workers behind the physical goods people rely on every day. We started by tackling labor, supplying industrial businesses with consistent, reliable temporary workforces, and quickly became the fastest growing staffing company in America. Since then, we've expanded our suite of AI agents to help logistics providers, manufacturers, 3PLs, and other industrial businesses fully automate their manual workflows, derive insights from their data streams, and transform their decision intelligence. Our mission is to build a world where the global supply chain operates at peak efficiency. We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst. You'll build Traba's product on top of AI agents—taking frontier models and existing agents and putting them to work across our staffing marketplace to automate the pipeline that sources, vets, matches, and places workers on millions of shifts. (Our AI Agents team builds the agent platform; you apply it everywhere it creates leverage.) This is a product-engineering role first, so you'll go where the priorities are—some quarters that's an agent that automates vetting or matching, others it's a payments flow or platform work. You'll partner with our CTO on architecture and roadmap, and build the platform the rest of the company runs on. About You: - An applier, not a researcher. You take frontier models and existing agents and wire them into real product across the stack—shipping reliable automation rather than owning the orchestration internals. And you don't need every task to be an AI task: you take the highest-priority problem, model or not. - Voracious learner. You move easily between API design, UX, and deployment infrastructure. - Proven full-stack builder. You have a track record of shipping scalable, performant applications from frontend interfaces to backend distributed systems. You Will: - Apply existing agents and frontier models across the stack—worker app, business app, ops platform, marketplace—to automate vetting, matching, and fulfillment. - Lead frontend and backend development, mentoring other engineers. - Architect and build core systems—real-time matching, autonomous vetting pipelines, distributed systems, and APIs. - Own product surfaces end to end, partnering closely with product and design. You Have: - 5+ years across frontend and backend: TypeScript, React/React Native, and Node.js or Python. - Strong with APIs, distributed systems, PostgreSQL, and messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ). - Hands-on experience integrating LLMs or agents into real product—prompting, tool wiring, evals. You've shipped AI features, even if you didn't build the platform. - A track record of shipping scalable products in fast, ambiguous, early-stage environments. Benefits: - 📈 Start-up equity - 💰 Competitive Salary - 🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage - 🍽️ Dinner Provided via DoorDash, free DashPass & stocked kitchen for NY employees - 🚍 Commuter benefit - 🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit - ✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health Salary Range Details The compensation range for this position is set between $200,000 and $240,000, reflecting our market analysis and other relevant considerations. However, exceptions may be made for candidates with qualifications that significantly differ from those outlined in the job description. ## Equal Opportunity Employer Traba is dedicated to promoting Equal Opportunity employment practices. We evaluate all applicants without discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristics that are legally protected by local, state, or federal regulations. We encourage applicants from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skill sets. ## Our Values Dream Big - We are on a path to change the world for the better. We create and communicate a bold direction that inspires a life-changing vision. We don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results. Olympian’s Work Ethic - Changing the world never comes easy. We work harder, longer, and smarter, not just two out of three. We put everything we have on the field. Growth Mindset - We confront the toughest challenges head-on and persevere. Sometimes we fail, but we brush ourselves off, adapt, learn, and push forward with resilience. Customer Obsession - We go the extra mile for our workers and businesses. We remain focused on delivering high-quality products and services that solve this massive and overlooked industries’ problems [Job Applicant Privacy Notice](https://traba.work/privacy-notice-applicants) ## About Traba ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Traba delivers labor and intelligence for the industrial supply chain, connecting businesses with reliable workers and automating operations through its AI platform. - **Entity Type**: Private (backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst) - **Headquarters**: New York City, United States - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Mike Shebat (Co-Founder & CEO), Akshay Buddiga (Co-Founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Light industrial staffing and supply chain technology - **Target customers**: B2B – industrial businesses in manufacturing, warehousing, logistics, fulfillment, food production, and distribution - **Mission or purpose**: Empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential; build a world where the global supply chain operates at peak efficiency. ## Products & Services - **Staffing Solutions**: A tech-powered platform that vets, matches, and schedules reliable light industrial workers for open shifts, with a 98% show rate and 1–2 day time-to-fill on average. Available for long-term, permanent, and seasonal assignments. - **Neo (Intelligence Platform)**: An AI layer that reads across a company’s existing systems (HRIS, WMS, ERP, TMS, etc.), learns workflows and SOPs, surfaces operational insights, and automates problem resolution before issues hit the floor. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly available - **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $4.3M (LinkedIn estimate); 400K workers on platform; 173 employees (+35.9% YoY) - **Notable Investors / Partners**: Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst - **Growth Signals**: 5X revenue growth year-over-year; 91% week-over-week worker consistency; operations in 5 countries (US, Mexico, Philippines, Colombia, Canada); 35 open job postings as of mid-2026; expanding AI product (Neo) across customer stacks. ## Competitive Advantages - **Tech-first approach**: Combines a modern staffing platform with an AI intelligence layer (Neo) that integrates with existing enterprise systems, unlike traditional staffing agencies. - **High reliability**: 98% show rate, 24/7 support with dedicated CSMs, and no-show coverage. - **Consistent workforce**: 91% week-over-week worker consistency on average. - **Vetted talent**: All workers are U.S. work-eligible and background-checked. ## Strategic Focus - **Disrupt the global supply chain**: Starting with labor staffing, then expanding Neo as a broader operational intelligence platform. - **Product expansion**: Continue building Neo to automate more workflows and uncover efficiency gains. - **Market growth**: Launching in new geographies and customer verticals (manufacturing, logistics, e-commerce fulfillment). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: “High-slope individuals” – the company seeks top 1% talent, often from Uber, Google, Meta, DoorDash, Palantir, etc. Emphasis on growth mindset, customer obsession, and long-term thinking. - **Team**: Flat structure with significant impact per person; 79% of employees in operations, 19% in technical roles. - **Benefits**: Early stage startup equity, 100% paid health/dental/vision, Wellhub (Gympass) membership, One Medical, DoorDash dinner for NYC office, flexible PTO, parental leave, commuter benefit, HSA, mental health benefits (Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teladoc). - **Work environment**: Hybrid/office presence in NYC (HQ) and Miami; remote not explicitly stated but likely role-dependent. Engineering teams work on fast-turnaround product development. - **Growth trajectory**: Rapidly scaling company with 5X revenue growth and expanding headcount. ## Sources 1. [traba.work](https://traba.work/) 2. [traba.work/company/careers](https://traba.work/company/careers) 3. [traba.work/company/about](https://traba.work/company/about) 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/traba](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/traba) 5. 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