Senior Software Engineer
Iconstaff
Waltham, MA · $200k a year · Posted November 4, 2026
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Where Waltham, MA ranks
Where Waltham, MA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #1Best cities for life sciences and biotech pay after cost of living$221k · of 10
- #2Best cities for software and engineering jobs in New England184 openings · of 24
- #2Best all-round cities for new graduates in New England59 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for mid-career professionals in New England67 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for remote workers in New England80 / 100 · of 11
- #2Best all-round cities for AI careers in New England80 / 100 · of 11
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)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $200,000 a year. Across 930 open senior software engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $182,500 to $222,500 and the median is $204,000. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 2% below the median.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among software developers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for software developers: 29% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...finance, healthcare, telecom, and beyond. With 30 years of engineering excellence and a recent high-profile partnership with Google... ...forefront of the data revolution. ROLE OVERVIEWWe're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help design, build, and scale high-performance...