The companies hiring the most for Seattle-based roles in 2026, ranked by open roles from live job postings — led by Amazon with 984 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 Seattle roles |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon | 984 |
| 2 | Microsoft | 501 |
| 3 | Blue Origin | 363 |
| 4 | SpaceX | 346 |
| 5 | Apple | 183 |
| 6 | Anthropic | 165 |
| 7 | CoreWeave | 158 |
| 8 | Anduril | 109 |
| 9 | Stripe | 87 |
| 10 | Meta | 84 |
| 11 | 82 | |
| 12 | Databricks | 67 |
| 13 | Axon | 60 |
| 14 | Okta | 58 |
| 15 | nScale | 54 |
| 16 | Brex | 54 |
| 17 | Remitly | 52 |
| 18 | DigitalOcean | 45 |
| 19 | TerraPower | 45 |
| 20 | Nintendo | 43 |
| 21 | Comtech | 39 |
| 22 | T-Mobile | 36 |
| 23 | Snowflake | 33 |
| 24 | Expedia | 31 |
| 25 | Atlassian | 27 |
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, Amazon, Microsoft, Blue Origin lead — see the full top 25 above.
How is this ranking measured?By the count of active, public job postings per company for Seattle-based roles, 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.
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