Technology
Software Developer in San Francisco
380 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 380 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution7%25 of 380 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.
- OSCPOffSec0%
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)1%2 of 380 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)1%2 of 380 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution1%4 of 380 postingsAccredited institution →
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.
Roblox · Anthropic · Databricks · Verkada · Scale AI · Chime · Discord · Gusto · Pinterest · Figma · Vercel · Brex · Postman · Robinhood · Redwood Materials · Stripe · MongoDB · Checkr · Lyft · Airtable · Flexport · SoFi · Asana · Carta · Attentive · Collective Health · Datadog · Faire · Reddit · Rocket Money
The same role elsewhere
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