Staff Software Engineer (AI Governance)
Coder
$193,000–$294,000
Jul 14, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Staff Software Engineer role focused on AI governance infrastructure for developer tooling, specifically building and maintaining an LLM gateway (handling audit trails, token tracking, cost control, and authentication) and a network firewall for coding agents. The work spans Go backend and React frontend, and involves shipping enterprise features, hardening security boundaries, and engaging with open-source projects. Suited to experienced full-stack engineers with strong Go proficiency and an interest in developer tooling.
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 27,300 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 16,400–41,000
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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)
The title is 'Staff Software Engineer' but the actual requirements — 8+ years of full-stack experience, 1+ year of Go, proficiency in distributed systems — are consistent with a Senior-level role. Staff-level scope (cross-team technical direction, org-wide authority) is not evidenced in the requirements, so seniority is assessed as Senior.
Go is the only hard-gated technology: the JD requires '8+ years of full-stack experience … with 1+ year(s) writing Go' under the 'What we're looking for' section. The 1-year figure is set as the years demanded for Go.
All other technologies (React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, GCP, Kubernetes, gRPC, Prometheus, Grafana, GitHub Actions, Vite) appear exclusively in the 'Our tech stack' narrative section, not in the requirements block. They are marked preferred accordingly.
LLMs is marked preferred because working with LLM provider APIs is described as part of the team's work context, not as a hard gate in the requirements section.
Developer tooling / platform engineering / IaC background is listed under the 'Bonus tacos' (nice-to-have) section; no specific technology was named, so no skill entry was created for it.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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