Staff Software Engineer, Quality & Reliability Platform
BuildOps · San Francisco, CA
Posted 24 days ago · $197,000 - $262,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 24 days BuildOps's roles stay open a median of 71 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 83% of BuildOps's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at BuildOps
- high 25 stale, 7 reposted of 30 open
- Hiring momentum
- 50 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
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 Staff Software Engineer at BuildOps, you will lead the technical strategy for ensuring software quality and reliability across the organization. Your role involves collaborating with various teams to identify systemic risks, establish architectural standards, and create platform capabilities that enhance safe software delivery. You will also mentor engineers, influence system design, and drive initiatives that improve production reliability and engineering effectiveness.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- 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
- Significant software engineering experience, including operating at Staff or equivalent scope on ambiguous, cross-cutting technical problems.
- A track record of leading multi-team initiatives that improved production reliability, software delivery, platform capabilities, or engineering effectiveness.
- Strong systems thinking and the ability to connect architecture, data integrity, operational behavior, developer workflows, and customer impact.
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems in a cloud environment such as AWS.
- Strong software design and programming skills in TypeScript, Java, or another relevant language.
- Experience with several of the following: observability, resilience engineering, CI/CD, release safety, automated validation, developer platforms, testability, performance engineering, or incident learning.
What you get
- $197,000 - $262,000 base salary + annual bonus + meaningful equity
- 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 mentioned beyond TypeScript and Java, which may limit exposure to other tools.
- The role involves significant cross-team influence without direct authority, which may require strong interpersonal skills.
- The focus on systemic quality and reliability means the role may not involve direct testing responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates.
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Listed by BuildOps on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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