Senior Software Engineer
Paperless Parts · Boston, MA
$142,000–$192,000from the description
Jul 5, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack senior engineering role at a manufacturing-focused SaaS company, building and maintaining features across Python backends (Django/FastAPI) and React frontends, designing versioned APIs, and deploying on AWS. The position also involves integrating AI tools into the development workflow, mentoring less experienced engineers, and contributing to engineering practices like testing, observability, and code review. Suited to engineers with 5+ years of full-stack experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,350 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 700–1,750
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 $169,742 (middle half $134,780–$187,781). 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 (5)
The posting requires US Citizenship or Green Card Holder status due to US Export Control Laws — this is a legal eligibility gate, not a security clearance, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
The backend stack requirement names Python/Django or FastAPI as the primary example, with Node/Express and Java/Spring listed as alternatives — all are treated as satisfying the same hard gate on a modern backend web framework.
Jenkins is named explicitly as an example of CI/CD tooling ('Docker and CI/CD tooling like Jenkins'); the requirement gates on CI/CD capability, with Jenkins as the named example and common alternatives captured.
Non-relational databases are mentioned alongside relational ones in the requirements section but no specific technology is named, so no separate skill entry was created.
The role is headquartered in Boston, MA; a California (Encinitas) office is mentioned for the sales team only. No explicit remote option is stated for this engineering role.
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