Senior Software Engineer Full-Stack
Kodiak · Mountain View, CA
$170,000–$210,000
Jul 20, 2026
Mountain View, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior full-stack engineering role focused on building and improving web applications and APIs for an autonomous trucking company. Day-to-day work spans frontend development in React and TypeScript — including UI design via mockups — through to backend services and APIs in Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, and C++, with heavy use of AWS infrastructure. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable operating across the full stack at scale.
Senior level · 6+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $170,000–$210,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,300 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 970–1,700
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 $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). 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 (7)
The role requires in-office attendance at least 3 days per week at the Mountain View, CA office; it is not fully remote. The CBSA is mapped to San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, which encompasses Mountain View.
The compensation range of $170,000–$210,000 is stated as a base salary range for the SF/Silicon Valley location and spans 'several internal levels'; actual pay will vary by experience and interview performance.
A BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience is listed under 'What you'll bring' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, no formal degree is hard-required.
AWS-specific services (API Gateway, Lambda, AppSync, DynamoDB, Terraform) appear in the responsibilities narrative ('Utilize a variety of AWS technologies such as…') rather than in a firm requirements gate, so they are marked preferred. AWS itself is treated as a hard gate given the breadth of its use described throughout the role.
WebSockets and Typed Arrays appear in the requirements section with 'Familiarity with' framing, indicating a softer gate; marked preferred accordingly.
Three.js, Web Workers, protobuf, Figma (for UI design), and C++ are all explicitly listed as 'Bonus' items and are marked preferred.
The posting notes that certain roles may require export-license review or U.S. person/citizenship verification due to the company's DoD work, but no formal security clearance is stated as a hard requirement for this role.
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