Software Engineer
IPS Technology Services · Dearborn, MI
$104,000
Jul 22, 2026
Dearborn, MI
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack engineering role focused on building and maintaining internal developer platforms and tooling. Day-to-day work spans embedding AI coding assistants into engineering workflows, designing CI/CD pipelines, developing backend APIs and data pipelines, and producing DevOps performance dashboards. The role suits an experienced engineer comfortable across Java, Go, or Python backends, modern frontend frameworks, cloud infrastructure, and Agile/XP practices.
Senior level · 6+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Bachelor's required
Advertised as Mid, but the requirements read as Senior.
“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 410 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 170–610
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 $133,635 (middle half $104,090–$156,640).
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 title 'Software Engineer (3) - Core Engineer 3' uses a numeric level; '3' maps to a mid-level band in many corporate ladders, hence the level advertised in the title is Mid. However, the actual requirements (6+ years IT, 4+ years development, end-to-end ownership, technical lead duties, mentoring junior engineers) support a Senior classification.
The required skills section is narrow and CI/CD-focused (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Tekton, GitHub Enterprise, cloud-native CI/CD, infrastructure/workflow automation). The extensive full-stack, backend, data engineering, and AI integration capabilities are all listed under 'Experience Preferred' or appear only in the narrative job description, so they are marked preferred.
Java/Go/Python are listed as alternatives for the backend development requirement; the JD treats them as interchangeable ('Java (Spring Boot), Go, or Python').
React and Angular are listed as alternatives for the frontend framework requirement.
The role has a strong DevOps/platform engineering flavor (CI/CD, IaC, DORA metrics) alongside full-stack development; 15-1243 (Database Architects) is noted as a secondary code only because of the ETL/data pipeline work, but 15-1252 (Software Developers) better captures the primary day-to-day scope.
No compensation was stated in the posting.
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