Software Engineer I, Mission Software at Vast
Long Beach, CA
$110,700–$157,140
Jul 13, 2026
Long Beach, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack software engineering role focused on building internal web applications and backend systems for a commercial space station company. Day-to-day work involves designing frontends, data models, APIs, and supporting pipelines in a microservices environment, while helping establish scalable engineering practices. Suited to early-career engineers comfortable working across the stack with modern web frameworks and containerized infrastructure.
Junior level · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
Pay in the description: $110,700–$157,140
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,000 people in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 760–1,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $164,459 (middle half $130,334–$195,752). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The Bachelor's degree requirement is the only hard gate in the Minimum Qualifications section; all technology and experience items appear exclusively under 'Preferred Skills & Experience' and are therefore preferred, not required.
The role asks for only '1+ years of academic or internship experience,' placing it squarely at the Junior level despite a compensation range ($110,700–$157,140/year) that skews higher than typical entry-level; the title carries no seniority modifier.
Docker and Kubernetes are listed together as a parenthetical preference ('Docker and Kubernetes preferred') within the containerization bullet; both are captured separately as preferred skills.
React, Next.js, and Vue are presented as interchangeable options ('React, Next.js, Vue or similar'); GraphQL, REST, and RPC are similarly interchangeable; Terraform and Helm are listed together as a pair.
Monitoring/Observability/Instrumentation appears in the preferred list as a capability area rather than a named tool, so it was omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
The posting notes U.S. export control requirements (must be a U.S. person or eligible for deemed export licensing), which effectively restricts the candidate pool but is not a formal security clearance gate.
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