Senior Software Engineer
Eames Institute · Richmond, CA
$150,000–$165,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Richmond, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack individual contributor role at a design-focused nonprofit, responsible for building and maintaining public-facing web experiences, implementing integrations across CMS, CRM, commerce, and analytics systems, and sustaining platform health through CI/CD, observability, performance, and accessibility. The role also involves architectural input, code review, and close collaboration with an engineering manager. Best suited to an experienced engineer comfortable working independently on complex systems within a mission-driven, design-conscious environment.
Senior level · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
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.
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Why we read it this way (6)
The job title in the opening paragraph reads 'Senior Software Engineer', but the body of the description inconsistently refers to the role as 'Staff Software Engineer' in one sentence. The advertised seniority is treated as Senior based on the formal title; the Staff reference appears to be a copy-paste artifact rather than an intentional level claim.
No specific technologies, frameworks, or languages are named anywhere in the posting. Skills are extracted from the functional responsibilities described (full-stack development, CI/CD, CMS/CRM integration, WCAG, Core Web Vitals, monitoring/observability). The actual stack is unknown.
The role is primarily onsite at the Richmond, CA Archives (East Bay, part of the San Francisco–Oakland–Berkeley CBSA), with occasional travel to Petaluma, Novato, and San Francisco properties.
Experience in cultural institutions, nonprofits, or mission-driven/design-forward environments is explicitly called 'strongly preferred' — not a hard gate.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated in the posting.
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): full-stack development, serverless architecture.
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