Senior Software Engineer, Platform

Thumbtack

Senior Software Engineer building backend services and APIs for Thumbtack's internal systems. Collaborating with business and engineering teams on production capabilities and durable backend solutions.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $179,400 - $272,800 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in backend engineering, focusing on building production services and APIs that ensure reliability and security. Capable of transforming complex operational workflows into clear technical designs while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

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Backend EngineeringAPI DevelopmentIntegration PatternsCollaboration SkillsTechnical Judgment

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Hard Skills

Backend EngineeringAPI DevelopmentProduction ServicesIntegration DesignData CorrectnessAutomationAI WorkflowsTechnical Design

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem-SolvingAdaptability

Industry Keywords

Business ApplicationsObservabilityReliabilitySecurityAudibility

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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

Comp & perks

Thumbtack embraces diversity
Equal opportunity workplace