Staff Data Platform Engineer at Jobgether
$213,512–$245,538from the description
Jul 15, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual contributor role focused on building and evolving large-scale data infrastructure and backend systems, including distributed microservices, REST APIs, and SQL/NoSQL data models for real-time and batch workloads. The position carries architectural ownership and cross-team influence, alongside mentoring responsibilities. It suits a seasoned backend or data engineer with deep experience in cloud platforms, distributed systems, and technical leadership.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Advertised as Staff, but the requirements read as Senior.
“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 560 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (database architects). range 340–850
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $142,568 (middle half $111,775–$173,013). 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 role is titled 'Staff Data Platform Engineer' but the requirements — 10+ years of experience, strong individual technical ownership, mentorship, and architectural influence — are consistent with a Senior-level scope. The 'Staff' designation here appears to be a title convention rather than evidence of org-wide, multi-team platform authority, so seniority is assessed as Senior.
SOC classification is a genuine judgment call: the role spans data platform architecture (15-1243) and backend/distributed systems software development (15-1252) roughly equally. 15-1243 was chosen as primary because the explicit focus is on data infrastructure, data models, data quality, and platform services; 15-1252 is the close runner-up given the strong backend engineering and microservices emphasis.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent professional experience,' which means no formal degree is hard-gated; degree requirement is set to None accordingly.
AWS is listed as a hard gate ('public cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP'); GCP is captured as an alternative since the JD treats them as interchangeable. AWS serverless, infrastructure-as-code, NoSQL databases, and stream processing are listed under 'Familiarity with' — a softer qualifier — and are therefore marked as preferred.
The posting is distributed via Jobgether on behalf of an unnamed partner company; the actual employer is not disclosed.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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