Every morning Glassbox reads the jobs open on public job boards and counts the skills each one names. This page counts the software engineering jobs: titles like software engineer, developer or programmer. Backend, frontend, full stack and mobile jobs are job types of their own.
Each job counts once, however many boards or cities list it.
At a glance
- 489 of the 1,363 software engineering jobs we could read name Python.
- 5 to 7 years is the most common ask: 338 of the 807 jobs that state a number.
- 984 of the 1,376 software engineering jobs are senior, lead or principal.
Most of them name at least one language#
920 of the 1,363 software engineering jobs we could read name at least one language, and 667 name two or more.
Languages they name
share of software engineering jobs1,363 jobs
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| Language | Jobs | Share | Employers | senior software engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 489/1,363 | 36% | 146 | 34% |
| Go | 404/1,363 | 30% | 92 | 30% |
| TypeScript | 285/1,363 | 21% | 110 | 19% |
| Java | 280/1,363 | 21% | 68 | 22% |
| Rust | 171/1,363 | 13% | 56 | 12% |
| C++ | 165/1,363 | 12% | 63 | 11% |
| SQL | 150/1,363 | 11% | 73 | 10% |
5 of the 7 languages in this chart are named more often in software engineering jobs than in senior software engineering jobs.
Beyond the languages, DevOps and backend systems come up most#
707 of the 1,363 software engineering jobs we could read name a skill in DevOps. 702 name one in backend systems.
Beyond the languages
share of jobs naming each1,363 jobs
DevOps and operations · 707 jobs
Backend and systems · 702 jobs
AI and machine learning · 597 jobs
Cloud · 396 jobs
5 to 7 years is the most common ask#
software engineering jobs that state a number ask for 5 to 7 years.
807 of the 1,376 jobs state a number of years. The other 569 don't say.
Most software engineering jobs are senior#
Senior here means a senior, lead or principal level. 101 of the 1,376 jobs read as intern, entry level or junior, 102 as mid level, and 189 don't say.
Of 1,376 software engineering jobs. Hatched: no level stated.
Who is hiring, and where#
256 employers posted these jobs. No single one dominates: Openai has the most, 62 of the 1,376.
Where the 1,376 jobs are
by the place each job names1,376 jobs
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How we counted
This page counts the software engineering jobs: titles like software engineer, developer or programmer. Backend, frontend, full stack and mobile jobs are job types of their own.
The job type comes from the title. Senior means a senior, lead or principal level in the same job type.
Skills are matched against a list of about 250, by fixed rules, in the 1,363 jobs long enough to read. How Glassbox counts.
The 1,376 jobs we counted
30 of the 1,376, one employer at a time. Titles and employers only, never the ads.
- ServiceNow Senior Software Engineer - TSM/OMTNewRocket
- Manager I, Engineering - Language PlatformDatadog
- Software Engineer, Agent (Spanish speaking)Sierra
- Principal Software Engineer, Pub Adminsonymusicentertainment
- Software engineer II, PlatformFlexportAsks 2 years
- Senior Software Engineer, Core PlatformAstronomer
- Senior Software EngineerMenlosecurityAsks 3 years
- Engineering ManagerTrustFlightAsks 3 years
- Developer (m/w/d) E-CommerceActive Nutrition International GmbH
- Senior Systems Software EngineerTerraquantumAsks 5 years
- Design Engineer (Web & Brand)Granola
- Product EngineerBlack Forest Labs
- Software EngineerSnorkel AI
- Senior Software EngineerFivetran
- AI Product Engineer - ClickStackSenior Software Engineer (Typescript / Backend) - AI/MLAsks 5 years
- Staff Software Engineer - Advanced Threat ProtectionOktaAsks 8 years
- Junior Software Developer - (m/w/d)HanseSecure GmbHJunior
- Senior Structures Analysis Engineer, Launch Vehicle Structure (m/f/d)isaraerospaceAsks 8 years
- Senior DSP EngineerAxonAsks 3 years
- Research Engineer, Inference FoundationMistral.ai
- Senior Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - ElasticsearchElastic
- Terminal Engineer (m/w/d) for LNG Terminal WilhelmshavenGasfinAsks 5 years
- Senior Software Engineer / Software Architect – AI & Cloud (m/w/d)ProcuVia AG
- UX/SDK Software Engineer (f/m/d)UniversalquantumAsks 5 years
- Java Entwickler | Delphi-Kenntnisse (m/w/d) | SaaS Product | HomeofficeKooku
- Engineer Service DeliveryHCS Affiliates Group
- Software Engineer | Remote - ContractXperteez Technology
- Software Engineer - Query ExecutionDremioJunior
- Kaufmännischer Mitarbeiter/Buchhalter (m/w/d) PDS-SoftwareBreman Havelland Installationstechnik GmbH
- Senior Software Engineer (C# .NET) | LondonTransPerfectAsks 8 years
Glassbox. "What are software engineering jobs actually asking for?" Counted 7 October 2026. seeglassbox.com/market/software-engineering