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Staff Engineer

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$151,250

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$178,375

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$205,500

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VMware

6 Job Posts

$158k - $329k

$157,500 - $328,500

Staff Engineer - IaaS Platform

California

$134k - $331k

$134,000 - $331,000

Staff Engineer - Storage Performance

Palo Alto

7+ Years Experience

$181k - $326k

$181,000 - $326,000

Staff Engineer

Washington

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer

Washington, DC

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer - Storage Performance

United States

7+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer

United States

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Mark43

2 Job Posts

$180k - $240k

$180,000 - $240,000

Staff Engineer

Remote

6+ Years Experience

$180k - $240k

$180,000 - $240,000

Staff Engineer

Boston

6+ Years Experience

$180k - $240k

$180,000 - $240,000

Root Insurance

1 Job Post

$180k - $229k

$180,000 - $229,000

Staff Engineer II, Telematics Platform

Remote

·

Last Posted: Apr 2025

Inactive

$180k - $229k

$180,000 - $229,000

Electric Hydrogen

1 Job Post

$168k - $224k

$168,000 - $224,000

Staff Power Systems Engineer

United States

·

10+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: Jun 2025

Inactive

$168k - $224k

$168,000 - $224,000

Lucid Motors

2 Job Posts

$165k - $215k

$165,000 - $215,000

Staff Engineer, Over-the-Air Cloud

Newark

8+ Years Experience

$165k - $215k

$165,000 - $215,000

Staff Stamping Engineer, Controls and Automation

Casa Grande

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Equinix

17 Job Posts

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

San Francisco

5+ Years Experience

$128k - $211k

$128,000 - $211,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

New Jersey

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Maryland

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

New York

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

California

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Washington

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Connecticut

5+ Years Experience

$119k - $196k

$119,000 - $196,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Rhode Island

5+ Years Experience

$108k - $178k

$108,000 - $178,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Colorado

5+ Years Experience

$108k - $178k

$108,000 - $178,000

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Nevada

5+ Years Experience

$108k - $178k

$108,000 - $178,000

Staff Engineer, Product Software - Java and API

Toronto

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Product Software - Quality Automation

Toronto

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

United States

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering

Remote

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Systems Engineering

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Data and Assets Engineering

Remote

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Product Software - UI

Toronto

5+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

DrChrono

1 Job Post

$145k - $190k

$145,000 - $190,000

EverPro - Staff Engineer

Remote

·

8+ Years Experience

·

Last Posted: May 2025

Inactive

$145k - $190k

$145,000 - $190,000

Overair

1 Job Post

$130k - $180k

$130,000 - $180,000

Staff Engineer, Power Electronics

Santa Ana

5+ Years Experience

$130k - $180k

$130,000 - $180,000

Illumina

1 Job Post

$115k - $173k

$115,200 - $172,800

Staff Engineer, Product Lifecycle Management

Madison

12+ Years Experience

$115k - $173k

$115,200 - $172,800

Magic Leap

1 Job Post

$116k - $155k

$116,000 - $155,000

Staff NPI Engineer

Plantation

10+ Years Experience

$116k - $155k

$116,000 - $155,000

PayPal

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer- Full stack

Mexico City

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer- Full stack

Mexico

N/A

N/A

MoneyLion

2 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer

Malaysia

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer

Kuala Lumpur

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Infiot

11 Job Posts

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Client

Republic of India

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Client

Bengaluru

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Observability

United States

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Backend

Taipei

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Data Path

Republic of India

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Data Path

Bengaluru

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Backend

Republic of India

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Backend

Bengaluru

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, IPSec & GRE

Republic of India

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, NPA Backend

Taiwan

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, IPSec & GRE

Bengaluru

N/A

N/A

Infinera

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer, Custom Analog Layout

Taiwan

10+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Greenlight

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer

Bengaluru

8+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

Abacus Labs

1 Job Post

N/A

N/A

Staff Engineer I

Toronto

6+ Years Experience

N/A

N/A

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