Staff Software Engineer, Platform at Unify
San Francisco, CA
$250,000–$295,000
Jul 12, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level engineering role focused on scaling the core platform of an AI-driven sales outreach product. Day-to-day work spans database architecture (with a strong emphasis on PostgreSQL at scale), setting engineering standards such as CI/CD and observability practices, evaluating and integrating third-party technologies, and collaborating with founders to take new product ideas from concept to production. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable with both technical leadership and hands-on implementation.
Staff level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $250,000–$295,000
Posted 3 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 35,200 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 21,100–53,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is explicitly titled 'Staff Software Engineer' and the seniority band is supported by the requirements: 8+ years of experience, 3+ years leading critical projects or teams, setting technical vision, establishing engineering standards across the org, and partnering directly with founders — genuine Staff-level scope.
PostgreSQL is the only named technology stated with firm, deep-expertise language in the requirements section ('Deep, hands-on expertise scaling and operating PostgreSQL…'), making it the sole clear hard gate on a specific tool.
CI/CD is mentioned in the requirements section as something the candidate will 'establish' (coding standards, CI/CD pipelines, testing strategy…), indicating expected mastery; no specific CI/CD tool is named.
The role mentions evaluating third-party APIs, databases, model-serving platforms, and infra vendors, and the product is described as AI-native — LLMs appear as contextual stack color rather than an explicit requirement, so they are marked preferred.
The posting states the role is hybrid in San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY. Per the caller's instruction, remote=true is set and no metro is inferred.
The role includes an optional people-management component ('manage — if you're up for it'), making 11-3021 a plausible runner-up, but the primary framing is hands-on IC technical leadership.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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