Qualitate
Staff Software Engineer
$220K–$280K
New York City · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of experience building software. The posting also mentions 5+ years in the role description.
About the job
Own full-stack engineering across backend and frontend infrastructure, delivering APIs, data feeds, user interfaces, and reliable production systems while helping set technical strategy.
What you'll do
- Architect and ship commercially available APIs and data feeds, and build interactive interfaces and data visualizations.
- Manage infrastructure for reliability, scalability, and security; establish coding, testing, and deployment standards and resolve production issues.
- Work with the founding, product, and data analytics teams to shape technical strategy and the product roadmap.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience building software.
- Strong backend skills, including Node/TypeScript, API development, and SQL optimization.
- Proficiency with frontend technologies; React is preferred in the posting.
- Fluency with AI models and agentic coding tools, and understanding of building with and around LLMs.
Nice to have
- Experience developing an MCP server or building and evaluating production AI systems.
- Experience with real-time applications or WebSockets, startups or high-growth companies, or financial services or market research.
Pay
$220K – $280K USD base salary
Tools
Node/TypeScript, Express.js, SQL, React, MCP, WebSockets
AI focus
Build an AI-native research platform, including AI-moderated expert interviews; use AI models and agentic coding tools in daily engineering work and build with and around LLMs.
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