Senior Software Engineer, New Products at Buildkite
San Francisco, CA
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Jul 21, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role focused on building entirely new products from the ground up within an established developer-tooling company. Day-to-day work spans end-to-end product development — system design, database work, third-party API integration, and hands-on coding — with an emphasis on using agentic coding tools effectively. The role suits an experienced engineer with a track record of shipping software used at significant scale.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 19,300 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,700–29,000
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).
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 (6)
The JD names very few concrete technologies. 'Databases at scale' and 'third-party APIs (e.g. GitHub)' are the only specific technical tools called out in the requirements; no language, framework, or database product is specified.
The role is hybrid (3 days/week in San Francisco), not fully remote.
A CS degree is listed under 'Additional Experience That's Useful' (preferred/nice-to-have), not as a hard requirement — the JD explicitly offers 'engineering experience at a high-bar company' as an equivalent path.
Scale proof ('1M+ consumer users or 100k+ enterprise users') is listed as a required qualification but names no specific technology, so it is captured in the overall years minimum context rather than as a skill.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): production software development, system design.
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