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Join Thumbtack's innovative journey to transform home care with your engineering expertise in a rapidly growing market
Overview
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Location
Remote, Ontario
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Organization Summary
Thumbtack is revolutionizing home management with its comprehensive app, supporting homeowners with essential guidance and connecting professionals to billions in revenue. Join our mission-driven team to foster local economies and deliver peace of mind to homeowners. With a nationwide presence, over a thousand employees, and a $3.2 billion valuation, Thumbtack stands as a leader in a $600B+ industry.
Role Summary
- Drive engineering projects with a focus on business impact and urgency.
- Implement ideas efficiently on the backend and assist across teams.
- Collaborate with scientists to integrate machine learning algorithms into our systems.
- Create engaging customer experiences by working with mobile engineers.
- Tackle challenging technical problems across the entire stack when necessary.
- Plan and execute engineering projects in partnership with Product and Design teams.
Role Requirements
- Minimum of 3+ years industry experience in engineering.
- Proficiency in major programming languages such as Go, Python, PHP, Swift, Kotlin, and Java.
- Experience with relational databases like Postgres or MySQL.
- Ability to write high-quality, maintainable, and testable code.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach.
- Experience with AWS/GCP, big data technologies, and building full-fledged product APIs is a plus.
Application Process Details
- Apply even if you do not meet all the criteria.
- Thumbtack supports a virtual-first working model with approved locations across the US, Canada, or the Philippines.
- Enjoy benefits like virtual-first working, WiFi and cell phone reimbursements, and a supportive Employee Assistance Program.
Learn more about life at Thumbtack by visiting our blog, embracing virtual work article, and LinkedIn page.
A home is the biggest investment most people make, and yet, it doesn’t come with a manual. That's why we’re building the only app homeowners need to effortlessly manage their homes — knowing what to do, when to do it, and who to hire. With Thumbtack, millions of people care for what matters most, and pros earn billions of dollars through our platform. And as one of the fastest-growing companies in a $600B+ industry — we must be doing something right.
We are driven by a common goal and the deep satisfaction that comes from knowing our work supports local economies, helps small businesses grow, and brings homeowners peace of mind. We’re seeking people who continually put our purpose first: advocating for pros and customers, embracing change, and choosing teamwork every day.
At Thumbtack, we're creating a new era of home care. If making an impact and the chance to do good inspires you, join us. Imagine what we’ll build together.
Thumbtack by the Numbers
- Available nationwide in every U.S. county
- 80 million projects started on Thumbtack
- 10 million 5-star reviews and counting
- Pros earn billions on our platform
- 1000+ employees
- $3.2 billion valuation (June, 2021)
About the Home Care Team
Thumbtack recently launched a new customer experience to help homeowners care for their home through personalized guidance, planning tools to avoid procrastination and a seamless way to rebook your favorite pros. This role is focused on helping homeowners go from just hiring a pro when things go wrong to introducing them to being proactive creating a plan for caring for their home.
Challenge
We have technical problems ranging from mobile experiences and performances, high scale backend systems, and to machine learning optimization algorithms. Many of the experiences that we build in our apps are to onboard, engage, and convert our users which requires consistent A/B tests in relation to their experiences. Our challenges are pretty open ended, and we move real fast!
Responsibilities
- Drive engineering projects to completion, with a tenacious focus on the business impact of those projects. Skilled at prioritizing tasks to deliver on goals with a sense of urgency.
- Execute new ideas quickly and effectively on the backend while also being a resource to other teams and engineers.
- Collaborate with applied scientists to connect and implement complex machine learning algorithms to our backend systems to support our growing customer base.
- Build exciting new product experiences by partnering with mobile engineers to solve customer facing problems.
- Willing, when necessary, to solve tough technical problems at any level of the stack, and be persistent in getting to the solution.
- Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams such as Product and Design to plan and execute on engineering projects.
What you’ll need
If you don't think you meet all of the criteria below but still are interested in the job, please apply. Nobody checks every box, and we're looking for someone excited to join the team.
- Minimum of 3+ years of industry experience in engineering
- Fluent in at least one major programming language and would be able to switch between multiple languages. In our stack. We mainly use Go, Python, Php, with Swift, Kotlin and Java for our mobile apps.
- Solid experience building software on top of relational databases such as Postgres or MySQL.
- Write high quality, maintainable, testable code, and you enjoy doing it.
- Curious, data-driven, and a critical problem solver. Break down complex problems rigorously and understand the tradeoffs necessary to deliver great, impactful products.
Bonus points if you have
- Experience using AWS and/or GCP and its suite of technologies such as DynamoDB
- Familiarity with the big data ecosystem (Hadoop/HDFS, Hive, Spark, etc).
- Familiarity with building APIs for full fledged products
Thumbtack is a virtual-first company, meaning you can live and work from any one of our approved locations across the United States, Canada or the Philippines.* Learn more about our virtual-first working model here.
#LI-Remote
- Virtual-first working model coupled with in-person events
- 20 company-wide holidays including a week-long end-of-year company shutdown
- Library (optional use collaboration & connection hub)in San Francisco
- WiFi reimbursements
- Cell phone reimbursements (North America)
- Employee Assistance Program for mental health and well-being
Learn More About Us
- Life @ Thumbtack Blog
- How Thumbtack is embracing virtual work
- Follow us on LinkedIn
- Meet the pros who inspire us
Thumbtack embraces diversity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, state, or local law. We also will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
Thumbtack is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition or disability during any part of the application process, please contact: [email removed - click apply for more details].
If you are a California resident, please review information regarding your rights under California privacy laws contained in Thumbtack’s Privacy policy available at https://www.thumbtack.com/privacy/ .
