Software Engineer IV
Cross Resource Group · Tucson, AZ
$105.25–$123.5/hrfrom the description
Jul 7, 2026
Tucson, AZ
Jul 20, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
Senior level · 8+ years · Tucson, AZ · Bachelor's required · Secret clearance · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $126,430 (middle half $99,705–$156,804). 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 degree requirement has a dual path: Bachelor's in STEM + 8+ years, OR an advanced STEM degree + 5+ years. The minimum degree is set to Bachelor's (the lower bound); the overall years minimum is set to 8 to reflect the more common path, but candidates with a Master's/PhD and 5+ years also qualify.
Secret clearance is listed as 'required or ability to meet assignment-specific clearance requirements' — treated as a hard gate since candidates must either hold or be able to obtain a Secret clearance.
Experience in a test equipment, lab, production, defense, or aerospace environment is listed as 'preferred' in the qualifications — not a hard gate.
This is a contract assignment running through November 23, 2026, staffed through CRG (a staffing firm).
Object-oriented programming, software integration, debugging, and requirements development are named explicitly in the required qualifications section as distinct technical competencies rather than generic soft skills, so they are retained as hard gates despite being methodology-adjacent.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): requirements development.
Requires a Secret clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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