Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Thumbtack is a company that helps millions of people confidently care for their homes through a comprehensive app. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build backend services and APIs that enhance internal systems and improve operational workflows.
Responsibilities
- 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
Skills
- 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
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