Staff Software Engineer, MarTech at Match Group
San Francisco, CA
$225,000–$250,000
Jul 20, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A founding senior engineer role on a newly formed Marketing Technology team responsible for measurement, attribution, and campaign operations infrastructure across a portfolio of dating apps. The work spans mobile SDK instrumentation on iOS and Android, server-side event delivery to ad platforms and data warehouses, and internal tooling for marketers — including AI-driven workflows. Suits an experienced engineer comfortable owning the full path from client SDK to backend service and setting architectural direction for a growing team.
Senior level · 6+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Pay in the description: $225,000–$250,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 15 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (mobile application developers). range 6–20
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). 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 (9)
The role is explicitly described as a 'founding engineer' setting technical direction for a newly formed team, but the JD does not indicate people-management responsibilities (no direct reports, hiring authority, or budget ownership stated), so it is classified as a senior individual contributor rather than an engineering manager.
The backend language requirement is stated as 'e.g. Node, Python, Go, or Kotlin' — these are presented as interchangeable options for the same requirement; Node.js is listed as primary with Python and Go in alternatives (Kotlin is already captured as a required mobile skill).
'Active, effective use of AI tooling (Claude Code, Copilot, etc.)' is listed under the main requirements block and treated as a hard gate; captured as 'AI coding tools' since the requirement is for the capability, not a specific product.
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server/tool experience is listed in the main requirements block with the qualifier 'or a strong interest in doing so' — the interest framing softens it slightly, but its placement in the requirements section and the team's stated AI-native direction make it a genuine gate; marked required.
Cloud infrastructure is mentioned as 'familiarity with' in the requirements block — the softer framing is noted but its placement in the hard-requirements section keeps it as a gate.
All 'Nice to have' items (AppsFlyer/Firebase/Adjust/Branch, SKAdNetwork, Google Play Install Referrer API, ad-platform APIs, Meta CAPI, server-side GTM, LLM/agentic tooling, MarTech/AdTech background) are marked preferred.
The salary range of $225,000–$250,000/year is stated as reflective of Palo Alto, CA; the role is mapped to the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara CBSA, which encompasses Palo Alto.
The posting requires in-person work 3 days/week (hybrid), so remote is set to false.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Google Play Install Referrer API.
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