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Staff Engineer

A live market snapshot for Staff Engineer roles, aggregated from active roles across intothe.zone.

Hiring demand

189

Active roles

Work mix

Full time · 188 Onsite · 147 Remote · 42

Companies hiring for this role average an AI-maturity score of 62/100.

In-demand skills

Most-requested skills across active Staff Engineer roles

observability · 83 security · 70 python · 68 aws · 62 kubernetes · 58 distributed systems · 54 mentoring · 52 ci/cd · 49 stakeholder management · 46 typescript · 45 gcp · 41 llm · 40

Who's hiring

Companies with the most active Staff Engineer roles

  • Anthropic 35 active roles
  • Capital One 6 active roles
  • Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment 5 active roles
  • Cortea AI 5 active roles
  • 167 Solutions Ltd 4 active roles

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