Generalist Software Engineer at Hire Hangar
San Francisco, CA
$96,000–$120,000
Jul 5, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack generalist role on the founding engineering team of an early-stage AI video infrastructure startup based in San Francisco. The work spans frontend, backend, APIs, and product surfaces — including core workflows around projects, jobs, and billing, as well as onboarding and account management. The role suits an independent engineer comfortable operating without defined specs, working directly alongside the founder to shape both the product and technical culture.
Mid level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,600 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,100–15,100
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 $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501).
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 'Tools & Technology' section lists only generic categories — 'modern frontend frameworks', 'backend/API frameworks and databases', 'cloud infrastructure and deployment tooling', 'AI-assisted development tools' — with no specific named products (e.g. React, Next.js, PostgreSQL, AWS). Skills have been extracted at the category level; no concrete tool names can be inferred from the posting.
No experience floor is stated anywhere in the posting; total years of experience is unspecified.
The title carries no seniority level ('Generalist Software Engineer'), so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The scope — founding team, full-stack ownership, direct founder collaboration — is consistent with a Mid-level engineer who is highly autonomous, but the lack of a stated experience bar and the broad generalist framing keep this from reading as Senior.
No compensation range is mentioned anywhere in the posting.
The posting header mentions 'remote career' in the Hire Hangar agency blurb, but the actual role specification explicitly states 'On-Site — San Francisco, CA' and 'Must be willing to work on-site in San Francisco, CA'; remote is false.
Preferred qualifications include: background on a small or founding team, operating without predefined specs, and experience collaborating directly with a founder — all listed under the 'Preferred Qualifications' section.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): full-stack web development, AI-assisted development tools.
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