Software Engineer II
Bear Robotics · Redwood City, CA
$176,000–$196,000
Jun 28, 2026
Redwood City, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level individual contributor role on an engineering team, focused on designing, building, and maintaining complex software systems. The work spans architecture discussions, hands-on coding in languages such as Go or Python, troubleshooting production issues, and supporting junior engineers. It suits someone with solid experience in distributed systems and cloud computing who can operate across both technical execution and cross-team collaboration.
Mid level · National · Full-time
“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
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,980 (middle half $105,210–$171,980).
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 (6)
Job location is not specified in the posting. Bear Robotics is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, but no work location or remote policy is stated.
The title 'Software Engineer II' and internal level 'L4' both signal a Mid-level role. The requirements (mentoring juniors, architectural participation, complex systems) are consistent with a solid Mid-level engineer rather than Senior.
Go and Python are listed as examples of required programming languages ('such as GO, Python, or others'); Go is captured as the primary with Python as an alternative. The open-ended 'or others' means any mainstream language would likely be accepted.
Degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's or Master's degree … or a related field' with no explicit 'or equivalent experience' language; however, the phrasing is aspirational/preferred in context and no hard gate is stated, so the degree requirement is set to None.
No compensation range is provided in the posting.
No total years of experience figure is stated — only qualitative language ('significant professional experience') with no numeric floor.
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