Technology

Computer Systems Engineer/Architect in San Francisco

332 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 332 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

Bachelor's DegreeAccredited institution
10%
34 of 332 postingsAccredited institution →
TS/SCIU.S. Government (DCSA)
8%
27 of 332 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.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Microsoft
0%
1 of 332 postings$99 exam · fee checked 2026-08~25 hrs prepMicrosoft →
CFA Level ICFA Institute
0%
1 of 332 postings$1,290 exam · fee checked 2026-08~300 hrs prepCFA Institute →
Master's DegreeAccredited institution
2%
8 of 332 postingsAccredited institution →
Secret Security ClearanceU.S. Government (DCSA)
4%
14 of 332 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 · Zoox · OpenAI · Anthropic · Rocket Lab · Verkada · Roblox · Harvey · Discord · Perplexity · Baseten · Databricks · Harbinger Motors · Intuitive Surgical · Mach Industries · Scale AI · Agility Robotics · Chime · Decagon · Faire · Gusto · MongoDB · Sierra · 1X · Cursor · Figma · Flexport · Kodiak Robotics · Mercor · Postman · Stripe · Vercel · 360 IT Professionals · Antora Energy · Brex · Hinge Health · Kairos Power · Lyft · Notion · Reddit · Ridgeline · Robinhood · Skild AI · Sonsoft Inc · Zum Services · Applied Intuition · Apptronik · Artech Information System · Ask IT Consulting · Astranis · Browserbase · Cognition · Collabera · Datadog · Integrated Resources Inc · Klaviyo · Nimble Robotics · OpenEvidence · Physical Intelligence · Pinterest · Redwood Materials · Saronic · Spring Health · USM · Wealthfront

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