Operating Systems Engineer at Eliassen Group
Salt Lake City, UT
$70–$80/hrfrom the description
Jul 10, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A contract role focused on building and maintaining platform adapters that connect an execution control platform to Windows and macOS environments. Day-to-day work involves low-level OS integration using native APIs, secure interprocess communication, and extending platform capabilities into Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 workflows. Suited to a seasoned systems programmer with deep OS internals knowledge; US citizenship is required due to federal security clearance obligations.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Contract
Posted 12 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 5,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,350–8,400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting states 'Due to federal security clearance requirements, applicant must be a United States Citizen,' but does not explicitly gate on holding or obtaining a specific clearance level — only US citizenship is required. Clearance requirement is therefore treated as None.
Degree requirement is listed as 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent professional experience,' so no hard degree gate applies.
Go and Python appear in both the required Experience Requirements section (as part of 'C++, Go, and Python') and again under Preferred. They are treated as required based on their placement in the required section.
Win32 and COM appear only under the Preferred section alongside Microsoft Office/365 integration experience.
The role is fully remote (listed as 'Anywhere' / 'Remote') and is a W2 contract engagement through Eliassen Group.
No CBSA is applicable given the fully remote, US-wide nature of the role.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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