Software Engineer II, Fulfillment
Taskrabbit · San Francisco, CA
$106,000–$142,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role within Taskrabbit's Fulfillment organization, split across two teams: one focused on retiring a legacy platform and migrating live traffic to modern infrastructure, and another improving how jobs are matched and ranked for Taskers using structured and unstructured data. The work centers on building API-first backend services, handling large-scale data, and contributing to a broader effort decomposing a monolithic system into discrete domain services. Suited to engineers with at least two years of production backend experience who are comfortable with complex, ambiguous systems.
Mid level · 2+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,600 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,150–7,200
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is titled 'Software Engineer II', which maps to a Mid-level band on a standard engineering ladder.
The backend language requirement is intentionally broad — the JD lists Node.js/TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Java, and Go as the languages used across the Fulfillment org, requiring proficiency in 'one or more'. Node.js is listed first; the others are captured as alternatives on that single skill.
The database requirement covers relational (e.g., PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB) — emitted as one skill with PostgreSQL as primary and MongoDB as the alternative, since the JD treats them as interchangeable options for satisfying the requirement.
Cloud infrastructure (AWS), CI/CD, and AI-assisted development tools appear under a 'Helpful to have' / 'Familiarity with' framing, so they are marked as preferred.
System migration/re-platforming, payments, search/ranking, structured/unstructured data, and A/B experimentation are listed as 'Helpful to have' domain experiences — these are not named technologies and are omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
The posted compensation range ($106,000–$142,000) is stated as base pay only, explicitly excluding bonus and benefits.
The role is hybrid (2 days/week in-office) and must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area — it is not fully remote.
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