Director, Software at Carbon, Inc.
Sunnyvale, CA
$240,800–$478,200from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A people-management role leading the entire software engineering organization at an additive manufacturing company. The Head of Software Engineering owns high-level technical strategy, team growth, and architecture across a stack that spans cloud infrastructure, hardware-integrated software, and customer-facing design tools. The role is fully onsite in Sunnyvale and suits an experienced engineering leader with a background in software-enabled hardware products and cloud platforms.
Principal level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 3–9
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $298,074 (middle half $224,695–$326,567). 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 (4)
The technology stack (AWS, Linux, C++, Kubernetes, Terraform, React, WebGL, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, Bazel) is listed under the 'You have…' requirements section, but is framed as 'familiarity with a broad range of technologies, with examples including…' — indicating breadth of exposure is the gate, not mastery of every specific tool. All are marked required because they appear in the requirements block, but the posting's 'examples including' framing suggests a candidate strong in most of these would not be rejected for lacking one or two.
The title 'Head of Software Engineering' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. However, the scope — owning the entire engineering org, setting org-wide strategy, and reporting to executive leadership — supports a Principal-level classification.
The posted compensation range is $240,800–$478,200/year, with a stated hiring target midpoint of $301,000–$398,500. The wider range and geographic differential language suggest the upper bound applies to senior Bay Area candidates; actual offers are expected near the midpoint band.
An alt SOC of 15-1252 (Software Developers) is noted because the posting explicitly expects the leader to remain hands-on with code and infrastructure, but the primary day-to-day work is clearly people and org leadership, making 11-3021 the right primary code.
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