Senior Backend Software Engineer at Grailed
$124,800–$183,400
Jul 19, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend engineering role focused on extending and maintaining the server-side systems of a fashion resale marketplace. Day-to-day work involves building API and database features against a PostgreSQL cluster, tackling challenges in areas like payments, anti-fraud, and scalability, and participating in code reviews, on-call rotations, and mentoring. The role suits engineers with production Ruby on Rails experience who are comfortable owning architectural decisions within cross-functional product teams.
Senior level · 4+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $124,800–$183,400
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 18,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 7,600–27,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 (4)
Compensation is structured across three geographic pay tiers; the range $124,800–$183,400 USD/year represents the full national span. Tier 1 (CA, NY, WA, IL, and other high-cost markets): $146,800–$183,400; Tier 2 (mid-cost markets): $132,200–$165,200; Tier 3 (all other US locations): $124,800–$156,000.
Ruby on Rails with Sorbet is listed as a single stack requirement in the 'We are looking for' (requirements) section; both are captured as separate hard gates since they are distinct tools used together.
LLMs appear in the responsibilities section ('Use LLMs, when appropriate') rather than in the requirements block, so they are marked as preferred rather than a hard gate.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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