Senior Fullstack Engineer at Recruiting From Scratch
San Francisco, CA
$180,000–$250,000from the description
Jun 30, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A backend-leaning fullstack engineering role at a Series B AI infrastructure startup building an audio data platform for AI labs and enterprise clients. Day-to-day work spans frontend and backend development — designing APIs, scaling data-processing services, and integrating LLM and audio ML capabilities into customer-facing products. Suited to engineers with 4–8+ years of production fullstack experience, ideally from high-growth startup environments.
Senior level · 4+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 80,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 48,300–121,000
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 $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 (9)
The job posting specifies San Francisco, CA onsite (5 days/week), but the caller has declared this a fully-remote role; metro and state have been left blank accordingly.
TypeScript and Python are listed under 'Technical Requirements' with firm language ('Strong … engineering skills') and are treated as hard gates.
API design and backend architecture are listed as requirements but name no specific technology or framework, so they are not emitted as discrete skills.
LLMs and distributed systems appear under 'Technical Requirements' but are framed with softer language ('Familiarity with', 'Experience working with') — treated as preferred rather than hard gates.
The role is open to Staff-level candidates (~6+ YOE) but the primary framing and title are Senior; seniority is set to Senior. Staff-level candidates are explicitly welcomed but the posting does not commit to hiring at that level.
A Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, or a related technical field is stated as 'required' — the degree requirement is set to Bachelors. A 'strong academic background from a respected engineering program' is listed as preferred only.
No specific frontend framework (e.g. React) is named anywhere in the posting despite the full-stack scope; no frontend skill is emitted.
Startup experience is listed as 'strongly preferred' under experience requirements — treated as preferred context, not a hard gate on a named technology.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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