Staff Software Engineer - Showcase Platform (Ruby/Rails)
Jobgether
$200,000–$220,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A staff-level engineering role centered on owning and evolving a Ruby on Rails platform used internally to demonstrate cybersecurity products to customers. Day-to-day work spans full-stack development, architectural decision-making, reliability and observability improvements, and cross-functional collaboration with product, sales, and engineering teams. The role suits a seasoned engineer comfortable setting technical 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 3,300–8,300
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 posting is listed via Jobgether on behalf of an unnamed partner company; the actual employer is not disclosed.
The 10+ years overall experience requirement and 5+ years of Ruby on Rails are both stated in the Requirements section as hard gates.
REST integrations, ClickHouse, Redis, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, authentication systems, analytics workflows, and cybersecurity domain knowledge all appear under a single 'Preferred experience' sentence — treated as preferred.
AI coding tools appear under Requirements but are framed as 'familiarity with' — a softer gate; treated as preferred accordingly.
Compensation is stated as base salary only; bonus and equity are mentioned separately as additional components.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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