Staff Software Engineer
Omada Health
$202,400–$253,000from the description
Jul 22, 2026
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Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend-leaning engineer role focused on building new product experiences in cardiometabolic care and physical activity tracking. The work involves owning end-to-end architecture for member- and care team-facing systems, setting technical direction, and mentoring other engineers. The stack includes Ruby on Rails, React, PostgreSQL, GraphQL, and AWS, with an expectation of comfort using AI-assisted development tools.
Staff level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,300–20,700
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). 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 (9)
Compensation ranges are zone-based: Zone 1 $202,400–$253,000, Zone 2 $193,600–$242,000, Zone 3 $176,000–$220,000. The Zone 1 (highest) range is reported here.
Ruby and Python are listed together as an 'or' requirement under the required qualifications; Ruby is named first and is also the primary stack language (Ruby on Rails), so it is the primary skill with Python as an alternative.
PostgreSQL and MySQL are listed as interchangeable relational database options in the requirements section.
LLMs/GenAI and AI-assisted development workflows are listed in the requirements section but framed with 'Familiarity with' language, suggesting a lower gate; treated as preferred accordingly.
AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker appear in the requirements section under 'Familiarity with cloud infrastructure… and deployment tools' — the 'familiarity' framing softens these to preferred. AWS is noted as preferred over other clouds.
Ruby on Rails, React, GraphQL, and SQS appear only in the 'Technologies we use' stack narrative section, not in the requirements block; treated as preferred.
The role is fully remote ('Remote first work from home culture') with no specific metro listed.
The Staff seniority designation is supported both by the explicit 'Staff Software Engineer' title and by the scope described: setting 6–12 month technical direction, owning architecture end-to-end across teams, and multiplying other engineers — genuine cross-team technical leadership.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design.
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