Staff Software Engineer, Full Stack - Gen AI at Scale AI
New York, NY
$252,000–$315,000
Jul 10, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior, cross-cutting fullstack engineering role embedded across multiple contributor-focused product teams — covering areas such as onboarding, payments, trust, and data allocation — within an AI data platform. The position combines hands-on technical leadership (architecture decisions, infrastructure overhaul, backend/frontend/ML work) with organizational influence, mentoring engineers and partnering with product and leadership. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable operating as a tech lead or architect across large, loosely defined problem spaces.
Staff level · 7+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $252,000–$315,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,300 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 990–1,700
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 $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). 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 role is explicitly labeled 'L6 Staff Fullstack Engineer & Architect' in the posting body, confirming the Staff seniority level — this is not inferred from scope alone.
JavaScript and TypeScript are listed together as 'Javascript/Typescript' under the requirements section; they are distinct languages both used in a fullstack context, so each is emitted as a separate required skill.
Kubernetes and cloud provider experience (AWS/Azure/GCP) appear in the same 'Ideally you'd have' section as LLMs and vector databases, making all of them preferred rather than hard gates.
The alt SOC 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is flagged because the role carries significant cross-team architectural leadership and mentoring responsibilities; however, the primary day-to-day work described is hands-on engineering and shipping code, so 15-1252 is the better fit.
The salary range ($252,000–$315,000) is stated for San Francisco, New York, and Seattle specifically; San Francisco is used as the primary CBSA since it is Scale's headquarters city. The posting notes the range 'may be inclusive of several career levels,' so actual compensation for this specific level may vary.
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