Staff Software Engineer at Vetcove
$170,000–$300,000from the description
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role focused on designing and building web and mobile software for veterinary clinic operations, including procurement, practice management, and ecommerce systems. The work spans front-end React and React Native development, backend Python/Django services, and database architecture, with an expectation of setting technical standards, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating directly with engineering leadership on product direction. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning large, high-transaction production systems end to end.
Staff level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 17,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 10,700–26,700
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 (5)
The posted salary range of $170,000–$300,000/year is the national range; a Colorado-specific range of $190,000–$280,000 is also stated. The national range is captured here.
The requirements section names 'relational databases' generically (no specific product called out as required); PostgreSQL appears only in the 'Tools We Use' stack narrative and is therefore listed as preferred.
Python, Django, Django Rest Framework, React Native, React-Query, TypeScript, Less.js, Elasticsearch, Redis, ClickHouse, and Git all appear exclusively in the 'Tools We Use' stack narrative, not in the requirements block, and are listed as preferred accordingly.
The JD states 'Bachelor's degree required' explicitly, making it a hard gate.
The role's scope — setting engineering standards across multiple teams, influencing engineering direction org-wide, partnering with the CTO — is consistent with a Staff-level individual contributor, matching the advertised title.
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