Senior Staff Software Engineer, BigQuery Workload Management
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Kirkland, WA · Posted November 12, 2026
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Where Kirkland, WA ranks
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November 2026
- #3Best cities for aerospace and defense pay after cost of living$160k · of 19
- #6Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Pacific Northwest11% · of 17
- #6Best cities for software and engineering jobs in the Pacific Northwest82 openings · of 14
- #7Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Pacific Northwest56% · of 17
- #8Best cities for junior jobs in Washington23% · of 12
- #9Best college towns for junior jobs in the Pacific Northwest25% · of 13
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
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This listing does not state pay. Across 37 open senior staff software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $252,500 to $292,000 and the median is $279,000.
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About the job
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of software development experience in C++, Go, or Java, building high-concurrency or multi-threaded systems.