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MavTek

Staff Software Engineer (Freelance)

We're looking for a brilliant Staff Software Engineer (Freelance) to join us. As an Staff Software Engineer at MavTek, you are the co-owner of the engineering and AI strategy that fundamentally ...

a16z speedrun

Founding Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

Broken software used by a million people beats perfect software used by no one. Minimum ... Benefits * 150k-250k salary * Founding engineer level equity * Free food in the office * Health ...

VTG

Senior Software Engineer

Fort George G Meade, MD · On-site

$210K - $250K/yr

The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, test, integrate, and maintain scalable, highly ... VTG's estimated starting pay range is $210K-$250K annually, which is a general guideline for the ...

VTG

Senior Software Engineer

Fort George G Meade, MD

$210K - $250K/yr

The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, test, integrate, and maintain scalable, highly ... VTG's estimated starting pay range is $210K-$250K annually, which is a general guideline for the ...

BBY

Founding Software Engineer

Provo, UT · On-site

... Software Engineer to join their team. This role involves designing and building core product ... freelance, etc) • passion for startups and building things from the ground up Company : What ...

The Bronx

AI Software Engineer

Plano, TX · On-site

$100 - $150/hr

Startup, consulting, freelance, or founding engineer experience highly valued COMPENSATION AND ... base salary of up to $150,000/yr (DOE) plus 10% annual bonus annually tied to individual ...

Primis

Software Engineer (San Francisco)

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$150K - $250K/yr

Software Engineer | $150-250k + Equity | Onsite in SF or NYC Full details shared before phone screen with Primis One of our Series A clients is building a modern data platform to automate and elevate ...

Solomon Page

Software Engineer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$40/hr

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer to design, develop, and maintain scalable software ... freelancers - which sets us apart in the industries we serve. About Solomon Page Founded in 1990 ...

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As of Aug 29, 2026, the average hourly pay for freelance 250k salary software engineer in the United States is $112.98, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $104.57 and $121.39 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the difference between Freelance 250K Salary Software Engineer vs Full-Stack Developer?

AspectFreelance 250K Salary Software EngineerFull-Stack Developer
CredentialsTypically requires a computer science degree or equivalent experienceUsually needs a degree or coding bootcamp certification
Work EnvironmentRemote or on-site, project-based, independentOften employed full-time by companies, can be remote or on-site
Industry UsageCommon in tech companies, startups, consultingWidely used across tech, finance, e-commerce, and more
Search & Comparison IntentHigh, as freelancers seek high-paying rolesCommon for those exploring career options or job opportunities

While both roles involve software development, a Freelance 250K Salary Software Engineer typically works independently on high-paying projects, whereas a Full-Stack Developer is often employed full-time within a company. The skills and credentials overlap significantly, but work environment and employment structure differ.

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Staff Software Engineer (Freelance)

MavTek

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Job description

We are a group of misfits, rebels, and outside-of the-box thinkers that believe in creating a judgment-free safe space for everyone to find their true voices. MavTek is how career-defining change is invented, where connections are made for life, and bravery in all forms is celebrated. We're fostering an environment of supportive growth where all team members can discover and realize their maximum potential.
Specializing in the building of comprehensive eCommerce platforms, our e-commerce social platform is disrupting the work of monetized content delivery and changing people's lives by pursuing their passions.
We're looking for a brilliant Staff Software Engineer (Freelance) to join us.
As an Staff Software Engineer at MavTek, you are the co-owner of the engineering and AI strategy that fundamentally shifts how engineering teams work, where building with AI and redesigning development workflows to support further adoption are the cornerstone of the role.
You will set the technical bar for a platform in the top 0.001% of sites by traffic, where cache misses cost real money, race conditions surface within minutes, and architectural decisions are stress-tested by thousands of concurrent users.
You will find yourself constantly working in a layer of ambiguity where the vision is set but the how-to is missing. Here's exactly where your role drives the most value: creating structures and guardrails to follow the vision, assessing what's needed to get there, identifying the missing components, connecting the dots and setting a technical strategy you own.
You play a critical role in your own strategy; you are a doer. You find the hardest problem that blocks engineering teams and the strategy, or creates instability in the site, and this is the problem you focus on removing first so that the teams move through.
The success of this role relies on high agency and a strong technical and product foundation that provides solutions to the ongoing challenges we have: a high-traffic site with millions of users, increase AI adoption and develop agentic workflows, enable autonomous agents and mitigate ever-increasing security challenges.
You will succeed by balancing technical strategy, hands-on contributions and establishing yourself as a right-hand of both engineers and engineering leadership.
Requirements
  • 10+ years of professional experience with at least 6 years of relevant experience building scalable distributed systems in a high-paced environment.
  • Experience planning, architecting and developing high-traffic and distributed systems, through technical roadmaps while balancing product needs, ideally operating as a staff engineer, technical leader, or similar role
  • Hands-on experience driving AI fluency across an organization, team or process such as, but not limited to:
    • Improving AI adoption through internal tools, skills, or plugin development.
    • Re-design of development workflows that boost developer productivity, code quality or process simplification.
    • Enablement of autonomous agents through agentic systems or loops.
    • Raising the AI adoption bar through DX programs, e.g., AI-awareness to AI-native.
  • Experience driving cross-team collaboration by coaching and pairing with engineers, and a successful track record of raising the technical bar.
  • A strong sense of balance of engineering, product, security and compliance knowledge, demonstrated through projects you have led.
  • Familiarity with our tech stack: Next.js, React.js, Node.js and AWS.
  • Experience working on platform teams or DX teams:
    • Developing internal libraries focused on improving developer experience, stability, code quality, AI adoption, or similar.

Benefits
This is a full-time freelance contractor position. The successful candidate will be required to submit a monthly invoice and timesheet for the full duration of the contract. Please note that this engagement does not include employee benefits, as it is an independent contractor arrangement.

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