Thumbtack · 3 days ago
Senior Software Engineer, Developer Experience
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$211K/yr - $273K/yr
4+ years expThumbtack is a company dedicated to helping millions of people confidently care for their homes. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Developer Experience team to optimize engineering workflows and enhance developer productivity through innovative tooling and infrastructure.
Consumer GoodsHome ServicesProfessional ServicesConsumerHome ImprovementLocalService Industry
Responsibilities
Own the realization of the company’s charter across key infrastructure components – build systems, CI/CD, test infra, observability and dev/test environments
Optimize performance, improve usability and simplify configuration of developer workflows throughout the development pipeline to production
Work closely with engineers across the entire organization – spanning iOS, Android, web and backend – to identify pain points and gaps in systems and tools, and iterate with them on delivering solutions
Explore best-in-class and cutting-edge technologies in the industry, evaluate relevance to Thumbtack, and drive adoption of impactful technologies at the company
Drive engineering projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the developer impact of those projects. Prioritize tasks to deliver on goals with a sense of urgency
Solve tough technical problems at any level of the stack, and be persistent in getting to the solution, whether it involves front-end, back-end, or infrastructure work
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 4+ years of industry experience in software engineering
You're fluent in at least one major programming language and would be able to switch between multiple languages and frameworks. In our stack, we use Go, Scala, PHP, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Swift, and Kotlin for our web and mobile apps. Our developer tooling is in Go and Python
You know what it means to write high quality, maintainable, testable, reliable and performant code, and you enjoy doing it
You have experience working on a developer infrastructure team, taking on full or part-time developer experience roles, or have contributed to related open source projects
You can break down complex problems rigorously and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver great, impactful products
You care deeply about developer infrastructure, and have consistently made improvements to the developer ecosystem around you throughout your career
You're curious, you're data-driven, you love to ask questions, you think critically about problems, and enjoy delivering value to your users and your teammates through your work
Company
Thumbtack
Thumbtack is a home services website connecting users with local service providers.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
72%
Represents job field similar to this job
Engineering and Development
Product Management
Management and Executive
Legal and Compliance
Marketing
Accounting and Finance
Customer Service and Support
Trends of Total Sponsorships
*2026 (7)
2025 (35)
2024 (48)
2023 (39)
2022 (53)
2021 (69)
2020 (47)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$773.2MKey Investors
Hercules Capital,Silicon Valley BankQatar Investment AuthoritySequoia Capital
2024-07-31Debt Financing· $75M
2021-06-15Series G· $275M
2019-07-22Series F· $150M
Leadership Team
Marco Zappacosta
Co-founder & CEO
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