Technology
Software Developer in Seattle
192 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 192 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution19%36 of 192 postingsAccredited institution →
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)9%18 of 192 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
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.
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)1%2 of 192 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
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 degree85%
- Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree5%
- Master’s degree5%
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
O*NET 15-1252.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · 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.
SpaceX · Anthropic · Anduril Industries · Robinhood · Stripe · Brex · Databricks · OpenAI · Airtable · Artech Information System · Chime · Gusto · Lyft · MongoDB · Pinterest · Scale AI · SoFi · Spring Health · System Canada Technologies
The same role elsewhere
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