Staff Software Engineer at Pebl
Palo Alto, CA
$175,000–$220,000
Jul 22, 2026
Palo Alto, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on building and scaling systems that support user acquisition, retention, and engagement for a global workforce platform. The work spans architecture, implementation, and technical leadership — including mentoring engineers, setting coding standards, and owning complex backend and full-stack features built with TypeScript, Postgres, and AWS serverless infrastructure. Suits an experienced engineer with a strong distributed-systems background who is comfortable driving technical decisions across cross-functional teams.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 26,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 15,800–39,600
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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)
Location is not specified in the posting. Pebl operates as a global remote-work platform and the role appears fully remote; no city, state, or country is mentioned, so CBSA and state fields are left blank.
The degree requirement lists 'Bachelor's or Master's' but frames it as 'Have either a Bachelor's or Master's degree' under the requirements section — however, the phrasing 'Let's Connect If You Have' is a soft gate and the degree is listed alongside other preferred-style language; treated as not a hard degree gate (equivalent experience is implicitly accepted given the global/remote context and no explicit rejection language).
React is mentioned prominently in the role narrative and 'How You'll Make an Impact' section as part of the stack, but does not appear in the hard-requirements block ('Let's Connect If You Have'); it is listed as preferred accordingly.
AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and S3 are explicitly enumerated in the requirements block as examples of AWS services required, so each is captured as a hard gate alongside the parent AWS skill.
The title 'Staff Software Engineer' is advertised as Staff, but the actual scope — leading a single growth engineering team, 8+ years experience, no clear org-wide authority — is consistent with a Senior-level role. Seniority is assessed as Senior.
A/B testing frameworks are explicitly called 'a plus' in the requirements section, so they are marked as preferred.
Testing frameworks (Jest, Cypress, React Testing Library) appear under the 'Preferred Skills' heading and are marked accordingly.
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