Software Engineer III
6sense · Austin, TX
$135,056–$198,083from the description
Jul 1, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A mid-level full-stack engineering role focused on building and maintaining scalable, customer-facing web applications for a B2B revenue intelligence platform. The work spans backend service development in Java and Spring Boot, frontend work in React and TypeScript, API and data model design, and handling large-scale data processing. The role suits engineers with at least four years of production experience across both frontend and backend, comfortable with cloud infrastructure and modern delivery practices.
Mid level · 4+ years · Remote · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 13,800 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 8,300–20,700
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). 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 (7)
The title 'Software Engineer III' maps to a numeric level III, which conventionally signals Senior; however, the required experience (4+ years) and scope of the role align more closely with a Mid-level engineer. The level advertised in the title is set to Mid (III) per the numeric title convention, and seniority is assessed as Mid based on actual requirements.
The role is listed as #Li-remote and the compensation notice references 'work location' variability, indicating a US-remote position with no specific metro.
A Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or a related technical field is explicitly listed as a Required Qualification — no 'or equivalent experience' language is present, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors.
MySQL is listed as the primary example of a relational database; PostgreSQL and MongoDB appear alongside it as alternatives in the same requirement ('such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar').
Kafka and messaging systems appear under Preferred Qualifications, as does Redis, Docker, Python/Django/FastAPI, and observability/monitoring experience.
AI-assisted development tools and coding copilots are listed as a Required Qualification; however, this names no specific, canonical tool product (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and is treated as a methodology/practice rather than a named technology skill — omitted from the skills list per extraction rules.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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