Software Engineer (Level I, II, or III)

Space Tango LLC•Lexington, KY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Space Tango is seeking a software engineer to join their team in Lexington, Kentucky. This role involves developing and maintaining the software for automated payloads, facilities, and mission operations. The software team builds full-stack applications, backend services, user interfaces, automation tools, and mission software that enable autonomous operations in microgravity. The company welcomes candidates of all experience levels, and the scope of responsibility will be based on relevant experience and technical capabilities. This position is based at Space Tango’s headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, with potential travel required for launches, customer activities, partner integrations, and mission operations. Candidates should be prepared to support occasional evenings, weekends, holidays, and other non-standard hours for launch campaigns, testing, or on-orbit operations.

Requirements

BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Python development skills appropriate to your experience level.
Experience developing software applications through professional work, internships, academic projects, or other substantial hands-on projects.
Knowledge of software engineering technical skills including multiple programming languages and core concepts, development frameworks and libraries, software architecture and design, data structures, databases and data management, operating systems and networking, cloud platforms, DevOps, security best practices, and general engineering troubleshooting and verification techniques.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams.
Calm, disciplined execution during time-sensitive operations.
Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment that includes changing needs and requirements and the ability to determine the urgency of a given task.
Commitment to team success and mission reliability.
Must be able to comply with all applicable export control regulations, including ITAR and EAR, and obtain necessary government authorizations.

Nice To Haves

Full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, and database design.
Operating systems, networking, cloud platforms, DevOps, and software security practices.
Robotics, automation, scientific instrumentation, or embedded systems.
AI-assisted software development, prompt engineering, large language models, or agentic AI tools.
Spaceflight payload development, integration, testing, or mission operations.
NASA quality systems or other regulated technical environments.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, test, and maintain software supporting Space Tango payloads, facilities, and mission operations.
Build backend services, APIs, databases, automation tools, and user interfaces using Python and related technologies.
Contribute to reliable, maintainable, and reusable software architectures across projects.
Develop new capabilities while maintaining and improving software supporting active spaceflight missions.
Collaborate across disciplines to translate engineering and scientific objectives into practical software solutions.
Develop software that interfaces with hardware, robotics, laboratory automation, scientific instruments, and payload control systems.
Support integration, verification, debugging, and troubleshooting throughout the project lifecycle.
Create and maintain technical documentation, participate in code and design reviews, and follow Space Tango’s development processes and quality standards.
Evaluate and apply appropriate software tools, automation, and AI-assisted development practices to improve productivity and software quality.
At more experienced levels, lead technical efforts, mentor engineers, and contribute to software strategy and development standards.