Software Engineer III
Space Tango LLC · Lexington, KY
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Jul 7, 2026
Lexington, KY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A technical lead software engineering role at a small space technology company, focused on building and maintaining full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, automation tools, and mission software for spaceflight payloads operating in microgravity. The position spans the entire project lifecycle — from architecture and development through hardware integration, testing, and on-orbit operations — and includes mentoring engineers and acting as a subject matter expert in a designated technical specialty. Occasional non-standard hours are required to support launches and mission operations.
Senior level · 4+ years · Lexington-Fayette, KY · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 75 people in the Lexington-Fayette, KY area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 45–110
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 $126,226 (middle half $99,828–$159,614).
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 Senior-level individual contributor; the JD also uses the phrase 'technical lead' and 'Lead Engineer' in the body, but there is no people-management scope — this is a hands-on IC role.
The degree requirement lists 'BS or MS'; a Bachelor's is the stated minimum, so the degree requirement is set to Bachelors. An MS is not required.
The JD broadly requires experience across 'multiple programming languages, development frameworks and libraries, software architecture, databases, cloud platforms, DevOps, and security best practices' as a block under Required qualifications. These are listed as a bundled competency statement rather than discrete named tools, so only the concretely named technologies (Python, APIs/REST, databases, cloud platforms, DevOps) are extracted as skills.
No specific cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP) is named; 'cloud platforms' is retained as the required skill.
Robotics/automation/embedded systems, computer vision/image processing, and LLMs/prompt engineering/agentic AI are all listed under the Preferred section.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The ITAR/EAR export control notice means candidates must be US persons (citizens, permanent residents, or otherwise authorized); no formal security clearance is required or mentioned.
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