Senior Software Engineer Jobs

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Senior Software Engineers are at the forefront of the digital transformation wave, with 2,565 roles open across AI, cloud-native, and edge computing domains. The demand is driven by companies accelerating cloud migration, adopting microservices architectures, and integrating AI into product pipelines, resulting in a 30% salary premium for candidates who master Kubernetes, Terraform, and multi-cloud strategies.

Within the Senior Software Engineer category, roles split into platform architects, DevOps leads, backend specialists, and AI/ML engineers. Typical responsibilities include designing distributed systems that scale to millions of users, building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or ArgoCD, implementing observability with Prometheus and Grafana, and mentoring junior engineers while driving secure coding practices.

Salary transparency is critical for senior engineers because compensation can vary by stack and company size. Knowing the exact pay range for a Kubernetes‑focused role versus a .NET backend role helps engineers negotiate better offers, spot regional wage gaps, and make data‑driven career moves.

Principal/Senior UI/UX Engineer

Company: eClinical Solutions

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

eClinical Solutions is a company that helps life sciences organizations accelerate clinical development initiatives with expert data services and the elluminate Clinical Data Cloud. They offer opportunities for software engineers to develop innovative products and work on enterprise-level clinical data software. The company values diversity, inclusion, and continuous learning, and has received awards for its company culture and remote work.

Senior Observability Architect

Company: Grafana Labs

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Grafana Labs seeks an Observability Architect to lead technical partnerships, ensuring deep customer integration and driving product innovation through strategic leadership and technical expertise. The role emphasizes long-term customer success, observability solution design, and influencing product roadmaps while offering opportunities for technical growth and impactful contributions to the industry.

Senior Business Data Analyst - Business Analytics

Company: Grow Therapy

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The Senior Business Data Analyst role at Grow Therapy involves partnering with business leaders to enable data-driven decision making. The role includes defining KPIs, uncovering insights, developing dashboards, and translating data into business value. Success is measured by the impact of insights on decisions, clarity of metrics, and improvements in business outcomes.

Engineering Team Lead (Java)

Company: Upwork

Location: Europe

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Upwork promotes a trust-driven platform enabling companies and professionals to collaborate innovatively. The job posting highlights opportunities for engineering leadership, technical excellence, and career growth, while emphasizing diversity and inclusion in their workforce.

Director - Revenue Operations

Company: Grow Therapy

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Grow Therapy is seeking a Director of Revenue Operations to lead and scale revenue systems strategy across the organization. The role involves designing a scalable RevOps framework, building and leading a team, optimizing the GTM tech stack, driving revenue intelligence, and enhancing GTM efficiency. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of experience in RevOps or GTM strategy roles, with 5+ years of people leadership experience, and a strong background in HubSpot, sales methodologies, forecasting, and data analytics.

Staff Software Engineer, Workflows - Distributed Systems

Company: Webflow

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Webflow is building an AI-native Digital Experience Platform as a remote-first company. They value trust, transparency, creativity, and diversity. The Workflows team is looking for a backend-leaning Staff Fullstack Engineer to lead and collaborate on implementing multiplayer branching experience, site workflows, and next-generation publishing pipelines. The role offers competitive compensation and benefits, and Webflow is committed to building an inclusive environment.

Intermediate Backend (Go) Engineer, Gitlab Delivery - Operate

Company: GitLab

Location: Canada,EMEA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role of a Backend Engineer on the GitLab Delivery Operate team involves focusing on delivering and supporting GitLab for self-managed customers by building and maintaining infrastructure tooling and automation. The team collaborates with various teams to ensure GitLab is easy to install, upgrade, and operate in diverse production-grade environments. The role includes maintaining and evolving deployment tooling, improving installation and upgrade experiences, and collaborating with distributed teams.

Staff Backend Product Software Engineer - Team Formation

Company: Dropbox

Location: Canada

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role is a Staff Engineer position at Dropbox, focusing on optimizing activation and engagement flows for team users. The responsibilities include leading a team of engineers, contributing hands-on coding, shaping technical direction, driving cross-organizational impact, and fostering a culture of innovation. The requirements include a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, at least 12 years of experience as a software engineer, and experience working on a consumer-facing product.

Senior iOS Engineer

Company: Goodnotes

Location: Europe

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Goodnotes is a company with a mission to transform the classroom into a dynamic and interactive environment. They are looking for a Senior Engineer to build mission-critical services, architect scalable solutions, and implement elegant solutions with clean code. The company values learning, growth, and user obsession.

Staff Backend Product Software Engineer - Team Formation

Company: Dropbox

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role is a Staff Engineer position at Dropbox, focusing on optimizing activation and engagement flows for team users. The engineer will lead a team, contribute to coding, shape technical direction, and drive cross-organizational impact. The position requires a BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field, and at least 12 years of experience in a consumer-facing team.

Senior Data Scientist - Consumer

Company: Reddit

Location: USA

Posted Dec 06, 2025

Reddit is hiring experienced Senior Data Scientists to join their growing Data Science team. The role involves partnering with cross-functional partners to drive product strategy, experimentation, and causal analysis. The ideal candidate will have an advanced degree in a quantitative field, expertise in SQL and programming languages, and strong technical communication skills.

Director - Ecosystems Sales

Company: GitLab

Location: Europe

Posted Dec 06, 2025

The role of Director Ecosystem Sales EMEA involves leading a team to grow GitLab's business with partners across EMEA. The responsibilities include building relationships with partners, developing regional strategies, collaborating with teams, driving partner-influenced pipeline, and monitoring market trends. The ideal candidate should have experience in strategic partnerships, driving partner-influenced revenue, and leading distributed teams.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the typical salary ranges for Senior Software Engineers?
In the U.S., Senior Software Engineers earn between $120,000 and $200,000 annually, depending on location and tech stack. In Europe, the range is €70,000–€110,000, while in India it spans ₹12,00,000–₹25,00,000. Companies factoring in advanced skills like Kubernetes, Terraform, or AI/ML often push the upper end of these brackets.
Which skills and certifications do Senior Software Engineers need?
Core languages include Go, Java, Python, TypeScript, and Rust. Must‑have tools are Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Prometheus. Certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, and Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) significantly boost employability.
How common is remote work for Senior Software Engineer roles?
Over 70% of senior engineering positions on the board offer fully remote or hybrid arrangements. Companies in the tech and fintech sectors prioritize flexibility, enabling engineers to work from any location while maintaining collaboration through Slack, Zoom, and remote‑first design reviews.
What career progression paths exist beyond Senior Software Engineer?
Typical trajectories include Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Distinguished Engineer, and Engineering Manager. Advancement often requires leadership in system design, cross‑team mentorship, and ownership of high‑impact projects, as well as contributions to open source or industry standards.
What industry trends are shaping Senior Software Engineer roles today?
Emerging trends include AI‑driven observability, serverless and edge computing, multi‑cloud orchestration, and infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC). Engineers who master cloud‑native patterns, continuous delivery, and data‑centric AI model deployment are in the highest demand.

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