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Software engineering hiring report: week of Oct 5 to 11, 2026

Snapshot taken Oct 17, 2026: these numbers no longer change as the roles close.

7,907 software engineering internship and new grad roles were first listed on SWE Job Lists in the week of Oct 5 to 11, 2026 (4,260 internships, 3,647 new grad), from 2,263 companies. 2% were remote, and 40% of the 7,907 with an H-1B label were labelled yes or likely for visa sponsorship. The busiest day was Friday, Oct 9, with 7,699.

7,907
roles listed
2,263
companies
2%
remote
40%
H-1B yes or likely

Roles first listed per day

  1. Mon Oct 5 0
  2. Tue Oct 6 0
  3. Wed Oct 7 0
  4. Thu Oct 8 0
  5. Fri Oct 9 7,699
  6. Sat Oct 10 166
  7. Sun Oct 11 42

Companies with the most new roles

  1. ByteDance 213
  2. RTX 210
  3. IBM 150
  4. L3Harris Technologies 107
  5. Raytheon 91
  6. TikTok 83
  7. Amazon 72
  8. Boeing 70
  9. Lockheed Martin 66
  10. Northrop Grumman 63

Top locations

  1. San Jose, CA 346
  2. New York, NY 310
  3. San Francisco, CA 258
  4. Austin, TX 173
  5. Chicago, IL 167
  6. Seattle, WA 163
  7. Toronto, ON 145
  8. Mountain View, CA 107
  9. Cedar Rapids, IA 96
  10. San Diego, CA 94

140 of the 7,907 roles were remote. Roles without a recognised city are not counted here.

H-1B sponsorship labels

16 yes, 3,129 likely, 3,921 unlikely and 841 no. The label is an automated estimate from each posting, not a guarantee or legal advice (how it works).

Companies listed for the first time

2,263 companies had a role on SWE Job Lists this week for the first time in the last 120 days; the 20 with the most roles:

Cite as: SWE Job Lists, "Software engineering hiring report: week of Oct 5 to 11, 2026", https://swejoblists.com/reports/week-of-2026-10-05 (snapshot taken Oct 17, 2026).