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Senior Software Engineer (Generalist) at Lightsource

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Job Description

Supply chain is broken. It's the basis of our entire economy, but it (barely)runs entirely on Excel and email. The best in class purpose-built tools are soold-school that nobody bothers using them. Sales people have Salesforce, HR hasWorkday, and Accounting has SAP. Us software people have the best tools becausewe know our problems and we're able to solve them!

You could help build the future of supply chain software using the bleeding edgeof what the web and cloud have to offer.

The Team

We're a driven team, who've helped build some incredible companies (Tesla,Waymo, and Google X). And now we're tackling an exciting problem space with lotsof interesting problems.

Reach out, and we'll chat for 15 minutes. And I promise you'll be hooked.

Our team is small, but our ambitions are big. So we only hire the absolute bestand try to learn every day while having a lot of fun.

Requirements
  • 3+ years of software experience
  • Ability to break down abstract problems into concrete solutions
  • Familiarity with common abstractions/systems solutions
  • Self-directed, should be just as comfortable getting involved in productdiscussions as engineering discussions
Bonus Points
  • Experience with Typescript, React, GraphQL, AWS tools, and/or Rust
  • Experience in managing and deploying large-scale web applications
  • Experience in building tools from scratch, understanding/minimizingdependencies
  • Passionate about first principles thinking, best practices, and newtechnologies

Typical senior pay: $169k for Software Developers nationally

National salary averages
Expected senior-level
$169k
Entry
Mid
Senior
Expected
$80k Market range (10th-90th percentile) $211k

Senior roles pay 64% more than entry—experience is well rewarded.

Strong candidate leverage

High demand and responsive wages. Negotiate confidently on all fronts.

Hiring leverage
Lean candidate
Wage leverage
Moderate
Mobility
Good mobility

Who this leverage applies to

Stronger for: All experience levels

Where to negotiate

Base salary
Sign-on bonus
Title / level
Remote flexibility
Scope & responsibility
Start date / PTO

Likely Possible Unlikely

Use competing offers and timing to your advantage.

Does this path compound?

Job Growth →
High churn
Growth, flat pay
🚀 Compound
Growth + pay upside
⚠️ Plateau
Limited growth
Specialize
Experts earn more
Pay Upside →
Growth + pay upside

Both the field and your earnings can grow significantly.

+16%
10yr growth
A bachelor's degree is typically expected.
115,200 openings projected annually—mostly replacing retirees and turnover.
Typical: Bachelor's degree

Good time to build expertise—demand will chase supply.

Labor data: BLS 2024