Software Configuration Manager
Bolt Graphics · Sunnyvale, CA
$110,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 16, 2026
Sunnyvale, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A Software Configuration Manager role at a GPU semiconductor startup, responsible for designing and maintaining configuration management plans, overseeing software repositories, establishing baselines, and leading change control boards. The position suits an experienced SCM professional comfortable coordinating across global engineering and operations teams, conducting audits, and driving compliance with configuration standards in a hardware-adjacent software environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 110 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 85–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $188,486 (middle half $139,113–$224,920). 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 (5)
All qualifications — including the tool list (GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint) and the C/C++/Python experience — appear under a single 'Preferred Qualifications' heading. Strictly, none are hard gates; however, the section also contains language like 'Must have experience in organizing and developing standard SCM processes', which signals that at least some items are genuine requirements. The tool list and language-environment experience are treated as required given the overall framing and the 'Must have' language embedded in the same section.
CI/CD experience in GitLab is explicitly flagged '(preferred)' within the qualifications list, so it is marked as preferred.
Government clearance is listed as '(desirable)' — not a hard gate; the clearance requirement is set to None.
The role is on-site 3–4 days per week in the Bay Area; remote is set to false.
SOC classification is Medium confidence: Software Configuration Management is a recognized specialty that BLS places under 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other), as it does not map cleanly to Systems Analysts (15-1211) or Systems Administrators (15-1244). 15-1244 is noted as a plausible runner-up given the configuration/operations flavor.
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