remote

Salary
$240,000–$280,000
Posted
Jul 14, 2026
Location
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A senior individual-contributor engineering role focused on setting the architectural direction for customer-facing frontend systems across a large engineering organization. The work centers on defining shared frontend infrastructure, performance standards, and design patterns, while coordinating cross-team technical initiatives end to end. The role suits a deeply experienced frontend engineer — comfortable with React, Next.js, and GraphQL — who also mentors senior engineers and engages directly with product leadership on strategy.

Staff level · 12+ years · Remote · Full-time

Must have (5)
ReactNext.jsGraphQLNode.jsPython

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 4,350 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,600–6,500

Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.

What gives you an edge
GraphQL12%

Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.

What won't set you apart
Python51%React40%Node.js40%

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).

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 title is 'Sr. Staff Engineer' — the posting explicitly frames this as a Staff-level role with org-wide architectural scope and cross-functional leadership, which aligns with the Staff band. The 'Sr.' prefix is treated as a modifier within the Staff band rather than a separate Principal designation, since the JD does not claim org-wide or company-wide singular technical authority.

No compensation figures are stated in the posting; equity and salary are mentioned only qualitatively.

No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.

React, Next.js, GraphQL, Node.js, and Python all appear in the 'What You Bring' requirements section with firm language ('Proficiency in', 'Full-stack capability with backend proficiency in'), making them hard gates. UI performance, web accessibility, responsive design, and design systems experience are also required but name no specific tool or framework, so they are not emitted as discrete skills per extraction rules.

Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.

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