$132.4k - $251.6k
132,400 - 251,600 per year Requirements: We require a Bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and at least 10 years of relevant software experience. We require hands-on experience with C and…
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Software Engineer jobs in Tucson, AZ
Software engineers design, build, and maintain the applications and systems behind modern products. The work spans writing code, reviewing designs, and keeping software reliable as it grows.
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$34–$90/hr
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$86.8k - $165.2k
$86,800 - 165,200 per year Requirements: We require a bachelors degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics and at least 5 years of relevant software experience. We need hands-on experience with C and C++.…
$86.8k - $165.2k
Requirements: We require a bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or another STEM discipline, along with at least 5 years of relevant experience. We require experience developing software in C++, including us…
About Spara Technologies Spara Technologies delivers advanced engineering, staffing, and mission-focused solutions across energy, cyber,... ...through production and sustainment. As part of the TEE software team , you'll…
SSI needs to add a Software Engineer III to support our current list of services provided for the U.S. Navy, Surface Missile Technical Representative Office, Tucson Arizona. Provide Software Engineering support to Naval…
Job Description Job Description Software Engineer Onsite position in Tucson, AZ (Full-time Onsite) Company Overview Ondas Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ONDS) is building a new kind of intelligence company, one designed for a worl…
$105.25 - $123.5 per hour
Job Description Job Description Title: Cleared Software Engineer - Test Equipment Software We are hiring onsite Software Engineers to support mission-critical defense manufacturing and engineering test environments in Tu…
that allow them to thrive in space, like solar panels, flight software, star trackers, optical systems, separation systems, radios, and... ...boldest and most ambitious space missions. SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER I Rocket L…
United States Defense and Intelligence Communities in support of national security. Rincon Research Corporation seeks a Software Engineer to create cutting edge software and cloud computing solutions to challenging natio…
$229k - $280k
disciplinary R&D environment with similarly motivated electrical engineers, mathematicians, computer scientists, and analysts who are... ...future! What are the primary responsibilities in the Sr. Software Engineer posit…
disciplinary R&D environment with likeminded motivated electrical engineers, mathematicians, and computer scientists who are collectively... ...inventing advanced algorithms, implementing them in efficient software, test…
$140k - $200k
people around the globe work on Speechify in a 100% distributed setting – Speechify has no office. These include frontend and backend engineers, AI research scientists, and others from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, lead…
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What software engineers earn in Tucson
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $34–$48 | $70k–$99k |
| Mid level | $48–$68 | $99k–$141k |
| Senior | $65–$90 | $136k–$188k |
Adjusted for the Tucson market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Data structures and algorithmsSystem designGit and code reviewTesting and debuggingSQL and databasesAPIs and integrationCloud fundamentals (AWS/GCP/Azure)Clear written communicationCross-team collaboration
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
Walk me through a project you built and the technical decisions behind it.
Pick one project and go deep. Explain the tradeoffs you weighed, not just the stack you used, and name one thing you would do differently now.
How would you design a URL shortener (or similar small system)?
Start with requirements and rough scale before drawing boxes. Interviewers care more about how you reason through storage, uniqueness, and reads versus writes than a perfect answer.
Tell me about the hardest bug you have debugged.
Describe your process: how you reproduced it, narrowed the cause, and confirmed the fix. A methodical story beats a dramatic one.
How do you decide when code is good enough to ship?
Talk about tests, review, and risk relative to the change. Showing judgment about tradeoffs matters more than claiming perfection.
Describe a time you disagreed with a teammate about a technical approach.
Show that you argued from evidence, listened, and committed to the outcome. Avoid stories where the point is simply that you were right.
How do you approach learning an unfamiliar codebase?
Mention concrete tactics: reading tests, tracing a request end to end, making a small safe change first. This signals you can become productive quickly.
What would you do if a production incident happened right before a deadline?
Prioritize stabilizing production and communicating early. Interviewers want calm triage, not heroics.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For software engineers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Name the languages and frameworks per role or project, not just in a skills block, so screeners can match you to the stack.
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Quantify outcomes in engineering terms: latency reduced, error rate cut, deploy time shortened, users served.
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Link to a GitHub profile or portfolio only if the pinned work is recent and readable.
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Describe your role on team projects precisely — 'built the payments service' reads very differently from 'worked on payments'.
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Keep the tech list honest; anything on the resume is fair game in the interview.
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For senior roles, show scope: systems owned, engineers mentored, decisions driven.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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Staff Engineer
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