Technology
Software Developer in Seattle
90 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 90 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution6%5 of 90 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.
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution2%2 of 90 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.
$99,190
10th percentile
$167,280
median
$257,960
90th percentile
Who was hiring
Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.
Anthropic · Robinhood · Stripe · Databricks · Brex · OpenAI · Gusto · MongoDB · SoFi · Lyft · Pinterest · Airtable · Carta · Chime · Scale AI
The same role elsewhere
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