Staff IT Software Automotive Designer and Developer at Qualcomm
Richardson, TX
$128,100–$192,100from the description
Aug 10, 2026
Richardson, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A full-stack software developer role within Qualcomm's IT group, focused on designing and building web applications and engineering tools for automotive applications. The work spans data, integration, API, and UI layers, with an emphasis on large-scale, distributed, fault-tolerant systems and microservices. The role includes acting as a technical lead on small projects and collaborating with senior developers through the full software delivery lifecycle.
Mid level · 3+ years · San Diego, CA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 3,950 people in the San Diego, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,950–5,100
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $166,860 (middle half $131,418–$198,246). 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 Aug 12, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The posting is unusually thin on concrete named technologies — it describes the role's scope (full-stack, data/integration/API/UI layers, microservices, distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines) entirely in architectural terms without naming any specific language, framework, database, or cloud platform. No skills could be extracted beyond these architectural categories, which are themselves borderline generic; they are included because the posting does explicitly call them out as the work to be performed rather than as background context.
Location is inferred as San Diego, CA (Qualcomm's headquarters); the posting does not explicitly state a work location.
The role is titled 'IT Software Developer' with no seniority modifier, but the requirements gate on a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of experience and describe leading small projects — consistent with a mid-level individual contributor.
The degree requirement (Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or related field) is stated as a hard gate with no 'or equivalent experience' escape clause.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): full-stack development.
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