Sr. Software Engineer
Pilot.com · San Francisco, CA
$166,000–$200,000from the description
Jul 1, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior engineering role on a small team building the accountant-facing side of an AI-driven bookkeeping platform. Day-to-day work centers on designing and shipping agentic workflow systems — including orchestration, observability, and evaluation frameworks — that process financial data across large numbers of clients. The role suits an experienced engineer comfortable with automation at scale, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring peers.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA · Full-time
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,500 people in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3,350–5,800
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 $190,744 (middle half $167,095–$224,501). 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 Python / Vue requirement is stated as an OR: the JD says 'Experience with Python or Vue (or other Javascript frameworks) in production.' Both are listed as a single interchangeable gate, so they are captured as one required skill with the other as an alternative.
JavaScript, TypeScript, AWS, Terraform, and PostgreSQL appear only in the 'Our stack' narrative section ('Pilot's backend is written in fully typed Python, our frontend stack includes JavaScript, TypeScript, and Vue.js. We use Terraform…deploy on AWS…rely on Postgres') — not in the requirements block — so they are marked preferred.
Workflow orchestration, observability, agentic AI systems, and third-party API integration all appear under the explicit 'Nice to Have' section and are marked preferred accordingly.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
The role requires in-office presence Mon/Tue/Thu in San Francisco; it is not fully remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): workflow orchestration.
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