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careerApr 2026 · 9 min read

"Staff engineer" means something different at every company.

At a 20-person startup it's the second engineer. At a 2,000-person company it's a principal with scope over three teams. Applying without knowing which one you're interviewing for is the most common mistake senior engineers make.

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