Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack
Google · Seattle, WA
$174,000–$253,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack engineering role focused on designing, building, testing, and maintaining software across the entire stack. Day-to-day work includes writing and reviewing code, debugging production issues, contributing to documentation, and participating in design reviews. The role suits engineers with solid object-oriented and JavaScript/TypeScript experience who are comfortable taking on technical leadership and working across front-end, back-end, and API layers.
Senior level · 5+ years · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 10 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 8,600 people in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,600–12,800
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 $170,959 (middle half $135,720–$216,519). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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 (8)
The posting is internally labeled 'Mid Experience' in the header blurb, but the job title is 'Senior Software Engineer' — advertised seniority follows the title; the actual requirements (5 years OOP, 5 years JS/TS, design/architecture experience) support a Senior classification.
The minimum degree requirement is 'Bachelor's degree OR equivalent practical experience', so no hard degree gate is set. A Master's or PhD is listed under Preferred qualifications only.
Java, C++, and Python are presented as interchangeable options for the 5-year OOP requirement; Java is listed first and used as the primary skill name with C++ and Python as alternatives.
JavaScript and TypeScript are presented as interchangeable for the 5-year front-end requirement; both are also emitted separately since the posting treats them as a single OR gate rather than a combined stack.
The '5 years with front-end frameworks, full-stack development, or API development' requirement is a broad capability gate; 'front-end frameworks' is used as the primary name and REST is captured separately to represent the API development facet.
Data structures/algorithms (5 years) appears under Preferred qualifications only.
Technical leadership experience (1 year) and accessible technologies experience appear under Preferred qualifications; they name no specific tool and are omitted per the no-generic-concepts rule.
Compensation is stated as $174,000–$253,000/year plus a 15% bonus target and equity.
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