Staff Software Engineer - Showcase Platform (Ruby/Rails)
Huntress
$200,000–$220,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level engineering role focused on building and maintaining Showcase, an internal demo platform that lets sales teams spin up live, guided product demonstrations. The work spans Ruby on Rails front-end and backend development, reliability engineering, instrumentation, and cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Product, and other engineering teams. Suits a seasoned Rails engineer comfortable setting architectural direction and mentoring others.
Staff level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,300–8,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The 10+ years figure is a role-level experience gate ('10+ years building and evolving complex software products'); the 5-year Ruby on Rails minimum is stated separately and explicitly, so it is captured on that skill.
Compensation is stated as base salary only; the posting also mentions bonus and equity, which are not quantified.
REST APIs, ClickHouse, Redis, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB all appear under the 'Preferred Qualifications' heading and are treated as preferred accordingly.
AI coding tools appear in the required 'What You Bring To The Team' section with firm language ('Experience with AI coding tools and workflows') and are reinforced by explicit expectations in the responsibilities section, so they are treated as a hard gate.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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