Staff Software Engineer at Foodsmart
(US)
$170,000–$190,000
Jul 6, 2026
(US)
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend-focused engineering role responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the server-side systems and data infrastructure behind a nutrition and food benefits platform. Day-to-day work centers on APIs, cloud services, and databases, with occasional frontend collaboration to ensure end-to-end quality. The role suits an experienced engineer with 8–10 years in backend development, strong SQL and AWS skills, and comfort working across clinical and member-facing product workflows.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · 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 13,400 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,100–20,200
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 $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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 title is 'Staff Software Engineer' but the requirements — 8–10 years of backend experience, no explicit cross-team technical leadership or org-wide scope — are consistent with a Senior individual contributor. Seniority is set to Senior accordingly.
The JD lists JavaScript, TypeScript, and Node.js as interchangeable options for the primary backend language requirement ('one or more popular programming languages, such as JavaScript, TypeScript or Node.js'); they are captured as a single skill with alternatives.
MySQL and PostgreSQL are listed as interchangeable relational database options; DynamoDB is listed separately as a distinct non-relational requirement.
Docker and Kubernetes are listed under the 'You have' requirements section with firm language ('Exposure to Docker and experience working with applications to run in a container orchestration environment, such as Kubernetes'), so both are treated as hard gates despite the softer 'exposure to' phrasing for Docker.
Amazon Redshift and Retool are explicitly called out as 'a plus' in the JD and are therefore preferred, not required.
The degree requirement states 'BS or MS in Computer Science or a related field' with no equivalent-experience escape clause; minimum is set to Bachelor's.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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