Glassbox reads the jobs open on public job boards every six hours 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.
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At a glance
- 1,427 of the 3,807 software engineering jobs we read name Python.
- 5 to 7 years is the most common ask: 821 of the 1,977 jobs that state a number.
- 2,364 of the 3,839 software engineering jobs are senior, lead or principal.
Most list at least one language#
2,650 of the 3,807 we read list at least one programming language. 1,873 list two or more.
Languages they name
Share of the 3,807 jobs read, by language3,807 jobs
View as table
| Language | Jobs | Share | Employers | senior software engineering |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python | 1,427/3,807 | 37% | 523 | 35% |
| Go | 756/3,807 | 20% | 242 | 23% |
| TypeScript | 748/3,807 | 20% | 408 | 20% |
| C++ | 671/3,807 | 18% | 218 | 15% |
| Java | 638/3,807 | 17% | 245 | 18% |
| SQL | 485/3,807 | 13% | 297 | 12% |
| Rust | 373/3,807 | 10% | 145 | 10% |
3 of these 7 languages come up more often here than in senior software engineering jobs.
Beyond the languages, DevOps and backend systems come up most#
1,798 of the 3,807 jobs read list a DevOps skill. 1,551 list one in backend systems.
Beyond the languages
Share of the 3,807 jobs read that mention each skill3,807 jobs
DevOps and operations · 1,798 jobs
Backend and systems · 1,551 jobs
AI and machine learning · 1,204 jobs
Cloud · 1,023 jobs
5 to 7 years is the most common ask#
software engineering jobs that state a number ask for 5 to 7 years.
1,977 of the 3,839 jobs state a number of years. The other 1,862 don't say.
Most software engineering jobs are senior#
Senior here means a senior, lead or principal level. Of the 3,839 jobs, 522 read as intern, entry level or junior, 297 as mid level and 656 don't say.
Of 3,839 software engineering jobs. Hatched: no level stated.
Who is hiring, and where#
1,205 employers posted these jobs. No single one dominates: Rocket Lab Corporation has the most, 67 of the 3,839.
Where the 3,839 jobs are
The 3,839 jobs, by the country each one names3,839 jobs
Internships
Remote
Questions this page answers#
Answers from the week of 26 October 2026.
- What skills do software engineering jobs ask for most?
- 1,427 of the 3,807 software engineering jobs we read name Python, 837 name AWS and 827 name distributed systems.
- How many years of experience do software engineering jobs ask for?
- 821 of the 1,977 software engineering jobs that state a number ask for 5 to 7 years. The other 1,862 don't say.
- How many software engineering jobs name more than one programming language?
- 1,873 of the 3,807 software engineering jobs we read name two or more languages.
- How many software engineering jobs are remote?
- 1,144 of the 3,839 software engineering jobs are marked remote by their job board.
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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.
We look for about 250 named skills, by fixed rules, in the 3,807 ads long enough to read. The other 32 were too short. How Glassbox counts.
The 3,839 jobs we counted
30 of the 3,839, one employer at a time. Titles and employers only, never the ads.
- Technical Lead Engineering360LearningAsks 2 years
- Engineering Manager - ProductivityDoctrine
- Software EngineerStripeAsks 2 years
- Principal Flight Software EngineerLanteris Space LLCAsks 15 years
- Customer Reliability EngineerCloudflareAsks 5 years
- Principal Deployment Engineer CelonisAsks 12 years
- Senior Spacecraft Mission Software EngineerVarda Space IndustriesAsks 5 years
- Autonomy Engineer Intern, 2027SkydioInternship
- Senior Software EngineerCywareAsks 7 years
- Software Sales & Marketing ExecutiveRiset Software & Systems LTD
- Senior Developer Experience WriterAbly30
- Senior Software Engineer (Stream Processing)Nebius
- Senior Protocol EngineerXIONAsks 8 years
- Software Engineer - Remote (Global), Full-TimeMixrank
- Elastic Stack EngineerUrbanSoft SA
- .NET DeveloperUno Platform
- Software Publisher Services – Program Associate / Senior AssociateConnor ConsultingAsks 2 years
- (Senior) System software engineerCDDS AGAsks 3 years
- Software Engineer – Cloud Services – Rusttensordyne
- Software Engineer - LocalisationRoller
- Member of Technical Staff (MTS) Intern (m/f/d)LimetaxInternship
- Staff Software EngineerAircallAsks 10 years
- Lead Automation EngineerOdaseva
- Software Engineer Go, Rust or Scala (Infrastructure - Foundation) - Permanent (H/F/X)VeepeeAsks 5 years
- Software Engineer (Java) - (m/f/d)Unzer
- Software EngineerMedSoftAsks 4 years
- Linux Software Engineer - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon (multiple roles and seniority levels)Canonical
- Sr. Software EngineerAlertMediaAsks 10 years
- Staff Design EngineerJuniper SquareAsks 10 years
- Software Engineer - BranchingSupabaseAsks 3 years
Glassbox. "Python leads software engineering jobs, named in 1,427 of 3,807" Counted in the week of 26 October 2026. seeglassbox.com/market/software-engineering/week/2026-10-26
Past weeks
Every Monday's count of software engineering jobs, kept as it was published.