BuildOps

Senior Software Engineer

BuildOps · San Francisco, CA

Posted 14 days ago · $168,000 - $224,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
14 days
BuildOps's roles stay open a median of 34 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
80% of BuildOps's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at BuildOps
moderate
8 stale, 4 reposted of 25 open
Hiring momentum
48 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from BuildOps's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for BuildOps.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer at BuildOps, you will design, build, and maintain high-quality product features and systems across both frontend and backend applications. Your role involves owning projects from inception to rollout, collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems, and improving the reliability and performance of the software. You will also mentor junior engineers and leverage AI tools to enhance development processes.

Our read on this posting4.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
4/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of BuildOps as an employer.

What you need

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience building and operating production systems at scale
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building product features across frontend and backend systems
  • Experience building reliable APIs, services, and user-facing applications in a modern production environment
  • Strong software design instincts, including how to decompose complex business problems into maintainable technical solutions
  • Solid understanding of databases, data modeling, and tradeoffs across relational databases
  • Experience working with modern web application patterns and building polished customer-facing product experiences

Nice to have

  • Experience with TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, or other modern application stacks
  • Experience with React or similar frontend frameworks
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, or infrastructure-as-code tooling
  • Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, or other event-driven and high-throughput systems
  • Experience with AWS or similar cloud platforms

What you get

  • $168,000 - $224,000 base salary range + annual bonus + stock options
  • Generous equity grant, become an owner in our company!
  • A comprehensive benefits package
  • Flexible PTO and hybrid work schedules
  • One-time work-from-home allowance
  • Hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, and Raleigh with hybrid work schedules and lunch provided for in-office days

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or frameworks are mandated, but familiarity with modern stacks is preferred.
  • The role requires navigating ambiguity, which may be challenging for some candidates.
  • The company is in a fast-paced startup environment, which may not suit everyone.

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Listed by BuildOps on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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