Staff Software Engineer

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$116,543 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+9.8% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Software Engineering aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

Role

Role function

Engineering From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

Seniority

Staff Plus From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Onsite From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

In-office days

5 days From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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Seed From the posting source checked Jun 20, 2026

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About this role

Staff Software Engineer San Francisco | OnSite WHAT WE DO Idler builds reinforcement learning environments that teach AI models to code like 0.01% engineers. Our training environments are based on real-world coding scenarios that frontier models will actually encounter. We've closed a multimillion-dollar contract with a leading foundation lab (the largest they've issued to date). Demand is outpacing our capacity to deliver, so we're scaling the team fast. WHAT YOU'LL DO Build agentic systems that create and QA coding environments at scale. Most of your day will be spent designing these systems to be extremely sound. A big part of our work is thinking critically about what makes a coding environment and task "good" and "fair". This requires high agency and philosophical thinking alongside technical execution. Concretely, you'll: - Design and build scaleable systems that generate RL environments - Create automated QA systems to validate environment quality and fairness - Work directly with AI researchers at leading labs to understand what makes training data effective - Support new product lines as we expand beyond coding environments STAFF ENGINEER RESPONSIBILITIES & REQUIREMENTS - Lead the process of identifying, specifying, and implementing core technology primitives that maximize the leverage of the rest of the team. - Understand and own the technology stack end-to-end. - 8+ years of professional software engineering experience. - Lead and mentor more junior members of the team. YOU'LL WORK WITH The founding team, a founding engineer, and a small group of engineers (we're hiring quickly). You'll have direct

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