Senior Software Engineer
Mountain View, CAJobPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, and maintains scalable AI-forward APIs, MCPs, and services. The role leads feature development from concept through launch, contributes to design documentation, and supports reliability through on-call monitoring. It also involves breaking down work and estimating tasks, staying current with technologies, and mentoring team members.
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Design, develop, and maintain scalable Ai forward API's, MCP's and services. Identify dependencies and contribute to design documentation with minimal oversight. Develop and implement reusable, high-quality code for services and features. Lead feature development from concept through launch. Break down large work items into smaller tasks and provide accurate estimations. Serve as a Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) working on-call to monitor system/product feature/service for degradation, downtime, or interruptions and gains approval to restore system/product/service for simple problems. Stay current with technologies to improve reliability, performance, and scalability. Provide guidance and mentorship to other team members. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python Master's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 8+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python OR equivalent experience. Experience shipping complex, enterprise-scale software with emphasis on reliability, scalability, and maintainability. Proficiency in a back-end programming language (e.g., Node.js, C#, Java). Experience with RESTful APIs and their design and microservices architecture. Experience with AI/ML concepts and their application in software development. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks. Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud. Portfolio or open-source contributions that highlight versatility across technologies, frameworks, or domains.
How this job compares
Set against the 42,014 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$165–247K/yr7,795 salary ranges
- California median$46–66/hr166 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 9,716 open Software Engineer jobs in California and 42,014 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (34,413 postings).
- Education
- 13,315 of the 42,014 open Software Engineer jobs (32%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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