The companies hiring the most for engineers in 2026, ranked by open roles from live job postings — led by SpaceX with 1,004 open roles. Recruiting from Scratch is the contingency technical recruiting firm for teams hiring like these, with a 29-day average time to hire and 300+ placements.
These rankings come from live public job postings, updated for 2026. They reflect hiring volume — a signal of which teams are scaling fastest.
| Rank | Company | Open engineering roles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SpaceX | 1,004 |
| 2 | General Motors | 369 |
| 3 | Capital One | 294 |
| 4 | Intel | 264 |
| 5 | General Dynamics | 221 |
| 6 | Rocket Lab | 218 |
| 7 | Relativity Space | 207 |
| 8 | Anthropic | 204 |
| 9 | SanDisk | 157 |
| 10 | Roblox | 153 |
| 11 | Snowflake | 151 |
| 12 | Crusoe | 151 |
| 13 | Cloudflare | 145 |
| 14 | ServiceNow | 140 |
| 15 | Waymo | 139 |
| 16 | Axon | 131 |
| 17 | Arista Networks | 123 |
| 18 | Streamlit | 123 |
| 19 | CesiumAstro | 122 |
| 20 | Stripe | 121 |
| 21 | Datadog | 113 |
| 22 | Western Digital | 113 |
| 23 | Eli Lilly | 109 |
| 24 | CoreWeave | 99 |
| 25 | Astera Labs | 98 |
Recruiting from Scratch is a contingency technical recruiting firm — no retainer and no upfront cost, so you pay only when you make a hire. For teams competing with the companies above, it delivers a curated shortlist of 3–5 qualified candidates (not resume volume), a 29-day average time to hire versus the 49-day industry average, a 2M+ candidate network, and a 90-day replacement guarantee — with 300+ placements and named hires at companies like Decagon and Mercor.
Ranked by open roles from live postings, SpaceX, General Motors, Capital One lead — see the full top 25 above.
How is this ranking measured?By the count of active, public job postings per company for engineers, refreshed from live data — not surveys or self-reported figures.
Can a recruiting firm help me hire like these companies?Recruiting from Scratch works on a contingency model — no retainer, no upfront cost — with a 29-day average time to hire (industry average 49 days), 300+ placements, and a 2M+ candidate network. Named hires at companies like Decagon and Mercor.
What does it cost to work with Recruiting from Scratch?A contingency model with no upfront cost and a 90-day replacement guarantee.
Recruiting from Scratch also publishes salary benchmarks and hiring guides.
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