Senior Staff Software Engineer
About the role
Credo Technology is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer for an on-site role based in San Jose.
What you'll do
- Lead software engineering initiatives for platform and infrastructure systems.
- Design, implement, and maintain software components supporting engineering workflows.
- Collaborate with cross-functional technical teams on software architecture and deployment.
What you'll need
- Professional experience in software engineering and platform software.
- Experience delivering software in an on-site engineering environment.
Skills: software engineering, platform software, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, linux, programming
This role has been open 122 days — well above the 53-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
1022
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Median days open
53 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Credo Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (1022 roles · 93 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 1022 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 3 | 6531 · 156 employers |
| Median days open | 88 d | 53 d (+35 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: software engineering, platform software, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, linux, programming
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 335 open roles · median 58 d
- AMD · 55 open roles · median 36 d
- Qualcomm · 55 open roles · median 61 d
- Graphcore · 48 open roles · median 101 d
- Intel Corporation · 38 open roles · median 24 d
- Arm Holdings · 37 open roles · median 11 d
How we counted: 1022 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 93 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 8 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.