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# Staff Software Engineer

- **Company:** Merge Dev
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $225,000 - $260,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, User Authentication, Software as a Service, Databases, Django Web Framework, PostgreSQL, Software Engineering, Data Processing
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/staff-software-engineer-new-york-ny--ca9a7c88-f10a-4b2e-bbcc-94aa6bddaeb4

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Customer Relations, Software as a Service (SaaS), Fortune 500 Customers, Business-to-Business (B2B), Sales, Product Development, Authentication, Customer Churn, Artificial Intelligence (AI), * 7 - 10+ years of full-time software engineering experience

 * Experience with frameworks (Django, Rails, Spring, etc.)
 * Extensive knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres preferred)

Example projects you might work on:

 * Scaling Core Systems: Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in our data syncing engine, lead large-scale migrations to more efficient technologies and storage solutions, and drive initiatives to increase system throughput
 * Product Innovation: Design flexible syncing paradigms that support advanced customization across model normalization, scheduling, data filtering, and API rate limit handling
 * New Revenue Streams: Partner with Product to ideate, prototype, and validate entirely new product lines or feature categories that unlock growth opportunities