Technology
Database Architect in San Francisco
115 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 38 employers · largest 12% of it
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 115 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution12%14 of 115 postingsAccredited institution →
Lower signal for this role
Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.
- CCNACisco1%
- Security+CompTIA1%
- CCNPCisco1%
- CFA Level ICFA Institute1%
- CISSPISC21%
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)1%1 of 115 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Certified Six Sigma Black BeltAmerican Society for Quality1%
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution3%3 of 115 postingsAccredited institution →
What the official taxonomy says
O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.
- Bachelor’s degree76%
- Master’s degree14%
- Post-secondary certificate5%
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
O*NET 15-1243.00 · pulled 2026-10-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100
What it pays
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
OpenAI · Roblox · SpaceX · Anthropic · Zoox · Mercor · Discord · Verkada · Brex · Decagon · Figma · Harvey · Ridgeline · Checkr · Chime · Databricks · Perplexity · Physical Intelligence · 360 IT Professionals · Asana · Astranis · Baseten · Bosch · Cognition · Coinbase · Cursor · Deegit Inc · Faire · Gusto · Hinge Health · Integrated Resources Inc · Notion · Redwood Materials · Robinhood · Rocket Lab · SBT Global · USM · Vercel
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