Traba is a technology company that enhances the productivity of the light industrial supply chain. We connect businesses with vetted workers to meet their staffing needs by leveraging location monitoring, predictive algorithms, machine learning, AI, computer vision, and other advanced technologies. Our mission is to empower both businesses and workers to reach their full productivity and potential. We’re proud to be backed by some of the world’s best investors, including Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and General Catalyst.
We are seeking an experienced & entrepreneurial front-end engineer to join the
founding team to help build our core suite of products—mobile apps for both workers & business, and web platforms for our business customers and our internal Ops team. You'll partner with our CTO to help own product decisions, iterate on the product roadmap, and architect & build our foundational tech platform.
About You:
Voracious learner. You love diving into new areas and exploring new languages, frameworks, and technologies, and can discuss product with a UX designer one minute and deployment infrastructure with tech leads the next.
Value clear communication. You recognize the importance of clear communication, documented planning, and transparent, frequent feedback.
Sweat the small stuff. You have strong opinions on design patterns, IDEs, tabs vs. spaces—you understand that how you do one thing is how you do everything, so you care about the details.
Deep expertise building pixel-perfect, performant web applications. You have designed and built performant, scalable applications, and have expertise in client side state management, responsive design, and frontend tooling.
You Will:
Lead the development of our web & mobile applications, guiding other engineers as needed
Establish best practices in code reusability and build processes for our frontend monorepo
Collaborate with product & design to build a best-in-class user experience
Build analytics & monitoring to help understand our user experience & application health
Contribute in a ton of other ways to a scrappy founding team building the future of flexible light industrial staffing!
You Have:
5+ years experience with Typescript/Javascript, and React or React Native
A track record of shipping amazing products
Pixel-perfect attention to detail
Experience building APIs is a plus
Experience working in an early-stage engineering team, working through ambiguity, and being a self-starter
A passion for helping people find meaningful work that works for them
Benefits:
📈 Start-up equity
💰 Competitive Salary
🩺 100% Paid health, dental & vision coverage
🍽️ Dinner Provided via Grubhub & stocked kitchen for NY employees
🚍 Commuter benefit
🎤 Team building events
🏋🏽 Gympass Benefit
🌴 Flexible PTO
✚✚ Additional: One Medical Membership, Gympass, HSA via Optum, Talkspace, HealthAdvocate, Teledoc Health
Salary Range Details
The compensation range for this position is set between $160,000 and $190,000, 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
What is light industrial labor?
Light industrial flexible staffing is a $50B labor market that encompasses entry-level jobs in warehouses & distribution centers. These workers pack boxes, load trucks, and manage warehouse operations to keep supply chains running at peak efficiency.Compensation Range: $160K - $200K
