"So many recruiters are looking for senior developers like me to join their early stage team and to do development and assist junior devs via knowledge sharing.

"So many recruiters are looking for senior developers like me to join their early stage team and to do development and assist junior devs via knowledge sharing." What I have encountered is that everyone wants to hire senior developers, but no junior developers, so your "senior" role is the same as that of a junior developer. I always ask what the team structure is during the phone screen. If it is all senior developers, which is becoming the norm, then I stop the interview process. You will be the defacto junior developer as the newbie on the team.