TrashLab Sr. Software Backend Engineer

Join Trashlab the operating system for waste haulers.

We unify dispatch billing calls and routes into one powerful platform that transforms how waste fleets operate.
By combining realtime vehicle tracking route optimization integrated billing and customer communications Trashlab helps haulers cut costs speed up collections and deliver exceptional service. If youre passionate about building scalable software that drives operational efficiency and sustainability in the waste industry come help us build the future of waste operations.

• Own the infrastructure that keeps fleets running

• Design build and maintain backend services for real-time vehicle tracking route optimization billing and dispatch systems haulers depend on from first route to last invoice.

• Build for reliability and scale

• Own the reliability and observability of our platform. Set up monitoring alerting and on-call practices that give the team confidence to ship fast without breaking things.

• Design data systems that handle complexity

• Model and evolve our Postgres schema manage migrations and build integrations with third-party systems billing providers telematics APIs and customer communications platforms.

• Shape backend architecture long-term

• Work closely with the founding team to define decisions that will compound over time. Youll have outsized influence on what we build and how.
  

• Strong backend fundamentals

• Youve built and shipped production services. You understand API design database performance and distributed systems tradeoffs.

• Infrastructure experience

• Youve managed cloud infrastructure ideally on AWS or GCP and are comfortable with containers (Docker) orchestration (Kubernetes) CI/CD pipelines and defining infrastructure as code (Terraform).

• Ownership mindset

• You can take an ambiguous problem scope it and ship a solution without needing everything defined upfront.

• Comfort with operational software

• AI multi-agent expert

• Silver Screening interview

• Take home challenge

• Client resume review take home review

• Client technical interview

Required Experience:

Senior IC