Job Description

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Instawork is on a mission to create meaningful economic opportunities for skilled hourly professionals in communities around the globe. Our AIpowered labor marketplace helps local businesses scale, and enables global technology companies to push the frontiers of robotics and AI. Backed by worldclass investors like Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock, Y Combinator, and others, were looking for exceptional talent to reimagine the way the world works.

We have an immediate opening for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer, with a proven track record of success to join our rapidly growing team. Youll operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and designowning highimpact product initiatives from ideation to launch. You will set the technical direction for critical features, architect systems for scale, and mentor other engineers. Youll work closely with crossfunctional partners to ensure that our product not only meets functional requirements but also delivers an exceptional user experience.

You are someone who thrives in ambiguous problem spaces, has strong product instincts, and can translate customer needs into technical solutions that drive business outcomes.

Who You Are

• 10+ years of experience
• Must be handson and coding 80% of time with strong engineering fundamentals
• Experience working in agile, fastpaced environments
• Experience working with large amounts of data and designing scalable backend systems for high throughput
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks/libraries such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
• Track record of launching and iterating on apps or large software projects
• Recruiting experience (sourcing, interviewing, offering, etc) is ideal
• Fullstack engineering background
• Django, Python, React & React Native are preferred and nicetohave to optimize ramp up time
• Experience in a productled tech company or startup environment is a plus.

What You'll Do

• Lead Product Development Partner with product managers and designers to translate customer problems into technical solutions, shaping product requirements and priorities.
• Technical Architecture & Execution Design and implement scalable, maintainable, and performant systems that support our product roadmap.
• CrossFunctional Collaboration Work closely with product, design, data, and other engineering teams to ensure alignment from concept to deployment.
• Mentorship & Influence Guide mid and seniorlevel engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural discussions, raising the technical bar across the organization.
• EndtoEnd Ownership Drive projects from ideation through deployment, including monitoring, quality assurance, and iteration based on user feedback.
• Champion Best Practices Advocate for engineering excellence, maintainable codebases, and continuous improvement in developer experience.
• Strategic Technical Input Contribute to longterm technical roadmaps, balancing shortterm delivery with scalable design.

For CA based applicants

• The base salary for this position is $180,000 - $230,000
• This position is eligible for equity in the form of stock options
• This position is eligible for Instawork benefits, including:
• Variety of medical, dental, and vision plans with coverage beginning on the date of hire
• Flexible paid time off
• At least 8 paid company holidays annually
• Home office stipend
• Phone stipend
• Commuter stipend
• Supplemental pay on qualified leaves
• Employee health savings accounts (HSA) contribution
• Flexible spending plans
• 401K plan
• Perkspot - discount program through Lumity

A variety of factors are considered when determining someones compensation including a candidates professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

Our Values

• Empathy, Trust & Candor We put ourselves in the shoes of our colleagues and customers and dont shy away from uncomfortable conversations, instead building trust through honest and direct feedback.
• Bias for Action We practice highvelocity decisionmaking, cleareyed that we often operate with incomplete information. Growing quickly means its OK to be wrong, so long as we learn from our mistakes and course correct!
• Always Be Learning Were a curious bunch, and with AI transforming our workplace we encourage everyone to learn from each other, compounding our knowledge and experience to help us change an entire industry.
• Act Like an Owner We work long, hard, and smart, building products that delight our users and drive growth. Your ability to impact Instawork is limited only by your courage and conviction, not your job description.

About Instawork

Founded in 2015, Instawork is the nations leading online labor marketplace for food services, hospitality, light industry, and logistics, connecting more than 7M skilled workers with local restaurants, hotels, warehouses, stadiums, and more. Our AIpowered platform serves thousands of businesses across more than 50 major markets in the United States and Canada. We're not just helping fill shifts, we're supporting local economiesand we're just getting started!

Instawork has been featured by CBS News, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Forbes included us on their Next Billion Dollar Startups list; RetailTech Breakthrough named us Workforce Hiring Solution of the Year for 2025; and Inc. 5000 recognized us as one of the country's top 10% fastestgrowing companies two years in a row. But what matters most is our impact. We're solving real problems for real people, and were doing it at scale.

Join our team to help us build something that matters! Were looking for superstars who want to help us shape the future of work. With hubs in San Francisco, Bangalore, and Chicago, city offices in New York, Phoenix, and Singapore, we're back to working together inperson five days a week because we believe the best ideas happen when great people collaborate facetoface. We also value diverse perspectives and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.

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