Senior Software Engineer
Boosted.ai
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Jul 7, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role at an AI-driven investment analytics platform, focused on designing and building scalable, high-performance backend systems that handle large datasets. Day-to-day work spans the full development lifecycle — architecture, implementation, and testing — with additional responsibility for mentoring junior engineers and collaborating with product, data science, and client-facing teams. Best suited to a Python-focused engineer with distributed systems experience; a background in machine learning, data analytics, or financial services is a plus.
Mid level · 3+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Mid.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 228,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 137,000–342,500
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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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)
Location is not specified in the posting. The role mentions U.S. 401(k) benefits and hybrid flexibility ('work from home when needed'), suggesting a US-based or US-remote position, but no city or office is named.
The degree requirement lists Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD as acceptable — Bachelor's is treated as the minimum hard gate.
The advertised title is 'Senior Software Engineer', but the only hard experience gate is 3+ years of Python-focused programming, which aligns more with a Mid-level role. Seniority is assessed as Mid accordingly.
Machine learning, data analytics, and financial services experience are explicitly called out as a 'bonus' — listed as preferred.
Beyond Python, the JD names no other specific technologies, frameworks, or tools as requirements. Distributed systems and large-scale data processing are described as scope/context rather than named-technology gates.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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