Senior Staff Software Engineer at Carbon, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
$240,800–$361,200from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor software engineering role at a 3D printing technology company, focused on architecting and owning mission-critical web applications and cloud infrastructure. The work spans full-stack development — React/Three.js front-end, Node/TypeScript back-end, GCP cloud platform — with particular emphasis on high-availability Tier-0 services, scalable APIs, and a "web-to-edge" bridge connecting cloud systems to a global network of physical printers. Strong cross-functional influence and mentorship responsibilities are expected.
Senior level · 12+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,150 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 880–1,500
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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The job title is not given in the posting; the role is described functionally as a senior/principal-level individual contributor. The title has been treated as unspecified for advertised seniority.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor of Engineering or equivalent or higher' — because equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, this is treated as no hard degree gate.
TypeScript is listed alongside Node, C++, Go, Python, and Java as interchangeable examples of 'any modern programming language'; all are captured as alternatives under one skill rather than separate hard gates.
React and Three.js are called out prominently in the responsibilities section ('Mastery of the React and Three.js Ecosystems') but do not appear under the formal 'You have' requirements block, so they are marked preferred.
GCP is mentioned in the responsibilities narrative rather than the requirements block, so it is marked preferred; AWS and Azure are listed as common alternatives.
The posting notes that compensation may be adjusted downward for employees not based in the Sunnyvale/Santa Clara office; the range shown ($240,800–$361,200) is the base for that location.
'Data pipelines' is listed explicitly under the 'You have' requirements block as part of 'large-scale distributed systems and data pipelines' — captured as a separate required skill alongside distributed systems.
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