Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Location
United States
Posted
3 days ago
Salary
$179.4K - $272.8K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer, Platform
Thumbtack
• Build backend services and APIs that connect Business Applications workflows with Thumbtack's product and platform services. • Bring agentic and AI-enabled workflow prototypes into production with the reliability, observability, and human review needed for business-critical work. • Create reusable integration patterns that let internal tools, third-party systems, and agents take safe, auditable action across systems. • Partner with business and engineering teams to understand operational workflows and turn the highest-value problems into durable backend capabilities. • Help define the technical foundation for a BusApps platform that supports reliable integrations, safe automation, and production AI workflows.
Job Requirements
- Strong backend engineering experience building production services, APIs, or platform capabilities.
- Technical judgment for integrations where reliability, security, data correctness, and audibility matter.
- Ability to turn ambiguous operational workflows into clear technical designs that can be delivered incrementally.
- Strong collaboration skills with engineering, business, and operational partners, especially when technical constraints and business needs need to be reconciled.
- Comfort learning new domains quickly, including internal systems, third-party business applications, and AI-enabled workflows, with the judgment to know when automation needs human review.
Benefits
- Thumbtack embraces diversity
- Equal opportunity workplace
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