Software Developer at Planet Networks
Newton
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Aug 17, 2026
Newton
Aug 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-focused software developer role at a fiber ISP, building and owning Python/Django systems that handle billing, customer accounts, payments, and service management. The position sits on a small senior team and carries real architectural authority — designing systems end-to-end, driving technical decisions, and mentoring junior engineers — while remaining a hands-on individual contributor.
Senior level · 2+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 2,150 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 1,600–2,750
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 20, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The experience range of 2–7 years is unusually wide and conflicts with the role's described scope (architectural ownership, final screening, mentoring, roadmap partnership). The actual responsibilities clearly target a Senior engineer; the low end of the stated range (2 years) appears aspirational or a recruiting hedge rather than a realistic gate.
Django is listed as required but qualified with 'or a comparable web framework' — alternatives reflect common Python web framework substitutes. The requirement itself is a hard gate on the capability.
AI coding tools (Copilot, Claude, Cursor) are explicitly called out as a required practice in the qualifications section; Copilot is used as the primary name with Claude and Cursor listed as alternatives since the posting treats them interchangeably.
Celery and RabbitMQ are listed together under Preferred as a background-task/async pairing; emitted as one preferred skill with RabbitMQ as an alternative since the posting frames them as a combined capability.
CI/CD is listed under Preferred ('Ownership of CI/CD pipelines') despite being mentioned in responsibilities; the Preferred section placement governs.
No compensation figures are provided. The posting describes the company as headquartered in Newton, NJ; the nearest major CBSA is New York-Newark-Jersey City. The role does not appear to be remote.
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