Senior Software Engineer
Ladders · New York, NY
$200,000–$220,000
Jul 22, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior full-stack engineering role at a job-search platform, focused on designing and shipping AI-powered features that serve a large base of job seekers. The work spans backend services and frontend applications, with an expectation of end-to-end ownership — from concept through production — rather than ticket execution. Suits engineers comfortable making architectural decisions across the stack, with React or Next.js and Go, Python, or JavaScript experience.
Senior level · 6+ years · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $200,000–$220,000
“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 6,500 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 4,900–8,500
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 $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). 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 (8)
The role requires React or Next.js (interchangeable per the JD) plus at least one of Go, Python, or JavaScript — emitted as a single must-have skill with alternatives to reflect the 'at least one of' framing.
AI tools / prompt engineering / integrating AI into workflows appears under 'Nice to Have' — captured as preferred despite the team's clear AI focus.
Elasticsearch is listed under 'Nice to Have' as 'or similar'; no specific named alternatives were given beyond that, so alternatives are left empty rather than invented.
Kafka, RabbitMQ, and AWS SQS are presented as interchangeable examples of message broker familiarity under 'Nice to Have' — emitted as one preferred skill with alternatives.
MariaDB is listed under 'Nice to Have' as an example of relational database optimization experience; captured as preferred.
Vite is listed under 'Nice to Have' as an example of modern frontend tooling; captured as preferred.
A Computer Science background is listed under 'Nice to Have' as 'or equivalent practical experience' — not emitted as a skill (it is a degree/background preference, not a named technology).
Compensation is stated as base salary $200,000–$220,000 plus stock options; stock options are not reflected in the comp range fields.
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