Staff Software Engineer at LendingTree
Charlotte, NC
$135,000–$175,000from the description
Jul 28, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A technical lead role at LendingTree's Charlotte office, responsible for architecting and building complex distributed web applications and enterprise platform services. The position involves hands-on software development in C#/.NET alongside React/Vue/Angular front-end work, while also mentoring engineers across the organization. It suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning architectural decisions for microservices and event-driven systems.
Senior level · 8+ years · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Bachelor's required · 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 120 people in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 90–190
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 $138,909 (middle half $110,048–$168,680). 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 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title carries no explicit seniority label, but the role is framed as a technical lead with 8+ years required and architectural ownership — consistent with a Senior individual-contributor level. 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is noted as a runner-up because the role includes mentoring and leading other engineers, but the primary day-to-day work described is hands-on design and development.
React, Vue.js, and Angular are listed together as interchangeable front-end options under the qualifications block; React is used as the primary name with the others as alternatives.
RabbitMQ and MassTransit are listed as interchangeable messaging platform options; well-known peers (Kafka, Azure Service Bus) are added as alternatives per the 'or similar' qualifier.
AWS, Azure, and GCP are listed as interchangeable cloud platform options under qualifications with an 'or similar' qualifier.
Docker is explicitly called out as 'preferred' in the posting, so it is marked as a preferred skill.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field' with no equivalent-experience substitution offered, so Bachelors is set as the minimum hard requirement.
The role is hybrid (Tue–Thu in Charlotte office, Mon/Fri remote) — it is not fully remote.
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