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Staff Software Engineer

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NEW YORK, NYJob$205–215K/yrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 1w ago

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Compensation
$205–215K/yr
Location
NEW YORK, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Public People LLC seeks a Staff Software Engineer in New York to design, develop, and maintain backend systems and APIs using Java Spring Boot. The engineer will collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders on features and enhancements, and optimize the trading platform for performance and scalability. The role also includes code reviews, testing, and debugging.

Skills & qualifications

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Skills

Backend SystemsJava Spring BootPerformance OptimizationScalabilityCode ReviewTestingDebugging

Full job description

Staff Software Engineer (Public People LLC; New York, NY): Design, develop, and maintain robust backend systems and APIs using Java Spring boot. Collaborate with frontend developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to implement new features and enhancements. Optimize performance and scalability of trading platform to ensure a seamless user experience. Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to maintain code quality and reliability. Stay updated on industry trends and best practices. Salary: $205,000.00 to $215,000.00 per year To apply, send resume to [email protected]. Ref: 00100639. An EOE. #LI-DNI

How this job compares

Set against the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$205–215K/yr
  • New York median$158–225K/yr2,375 salary ranges
  • US median$134–215K/yr32,980 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $210K, is 9% above the New York median midpoint ($193K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 3,052 open Software Engineer jobs in New York and 41,311 across the US. 7% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 7 years (33,552 postings).
Education
14,305 of the 41,311 open Software Engineer jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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