Technology
Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in the United States
336 postings read · sampled 2026-08-02 · source ats
What employers actually ask for
Credentials named in the 336 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.
- Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution6%21 of 336 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.
- AWS SAAAmazon Web Services0%
- CKALinux Foundation / CNCF0%
- Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)0%1 of 336 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)1%2 of 336 postingsU.S. Government (DCSA) →
- Master's DegreeAccredited institution2%7 of 336 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.
Cloudflare · Roblox · Databricks · MongoDB · Verkada · OpenAI · Reddit · Anthropic · Coinbase · Nuro · Scale AI · Stripe · Pinterest · Lyft · Affirm · Fivetran · GitLab · Samsara · Datadog · Faire · Cribl · Flexport · Postman · Ramp · Robinhood · Chime · Discord · EarnIn · Elastic · Klaviyo · Asana · Braze · Cursor · Gusto · Oura · Redwood Materials · Via · Alloy · Attentive · Brex · Collective Health · Everlaw · Komodo Health · Mercury · Notion · Betterment · Carta · Databento · Dropbox · Figma · Lattice · Lithic · Mercor · Modern Health · Peloton · Rocket Money · Twilio · Vercel · Zip · Zocdoc
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