Hiring: Staff Software Engineer (Applied AI) Company: Traba Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:47:08 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : API Design, Kafka, LLM, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Python, RabbitMQ, TypeScript About the job Experience: •7+ years with TypeScript/Node.js or Python, PostgreSQL, and messaging (Kafka or RabbitMQ). Qualifications: •An applier who sets the bar. You wire frontier models and existing agents into real product across the stack—and set the standard for how the team does it. You don't need to own the orchestration internals; you make them real in production, and you know which corners are safe to cut at an early stage. •Voracious learner. You move easily from API design to deployment infrastructure. •Deep full-stack experience. You've designed performant, scalable applications with real expertise in APIs, data modeling, query optimization, and distributed systems. •Set the standard for how we apply agents across the stack to automate the staffing pipeline—and for how the team builds with AI-assisted tooling. •Architect and lead core systems—from real-time matching to autonomous vetting pipelines powered by ML and agents. •Own architecture for the platform, thinking ahead to what the company will need a year or two out. •Drive backend performance, reliability, and scale. •A track record of shipping and leading projects at scale with high velocity. •Comfort owning ambiguity and direction in an early-stage environment. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!