Technology

Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in San Francisco

352 postings read · sampled 2026-10-01 · source ats · 65 employers · largest 13% of it

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 352 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
12%
41 of 352 postingsAccredited institution →
TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
9%
31 of 352 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.

Security+CompTIA
0%
1 of 352 postings$404 exam · fee checked 2026-08~110 hrs prepCompTIA →
CFA Level ICFA Institute
0%
1 of 352 postings$1,290 exam · fee checked 2026-08~300 hrs prepCFA Institute →
Linux+CompTIA
0%
1 of 352 postings$369 exam · fee checked 2026-08~100 hrs prepCompTIA →
RHCSARed Hat
0%
1 of 352 postings$500 exam · fee checked 2026-08~150 hrs prepRed Hat →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
3%
10 of 352 postingsAccredited institution →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
5%
16 of 352 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.

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.

$63,340

10th percentile

$161,700

median

$255,390

90th percentile

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

SpaceX · OpenAI · Zoox · Anthropic · Verkada · Rocket Lab · Roblox · Harvey · Mercor · Perplexity · Baseten · Decagon · Discord · Harbinger Motors · Intuitive Surgical · Stripe · 1X · Chime · Databricks · MongoDB · Agility Robotics · Astranis · Faire · Cursor · Figma · Flexport · Gusto · Kairos Power · Kodiak Robotics · Lucid Motors · Reddit · Ridgeline · Scale AI · 360 IT Professionals · Antora Energy · Brex · Hinge Health · Klaviyo · Nimble Robotics · Notion · Redwood Materials · Robinhood · Sierra · Skild AI · Sonsoft Inc · Vercel · Applied Intuition · Artech Information System · Asana · Ask IT Consulting · Bosch · Braze · Browserbase · Cognition · Collabera · Fanatics Commerce · Integrated Resources Inc · Physical Intelligence · Pinterest · SBT Global · Spring Health · Sweetgreen · USM · Wealthfront · Zip

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