Full-Stack Jobs Hiring Report — June 2026

Key facts

• As of June 2026, there are 11,369 open full-stack roles across 3,400 companies tracked from first-party Greenhouse, Lever and Ashby boards.
• Hiring is net positive over the last 28 days: +1,107 roles (4,257 opened, 3,150 closed) — roughly 1.35 openings for every closure.
• 502 companies posted their first full-stack role in the last 28 days, a meaningful chunk of new demand coming from employers not previously in the market.
• The disclosed median pay band is $150,000–$200,000/yr, but only 17% of postings (n=364) show pay at all.
• SpaceX leads net hiring at +43 roles (140 active), ahead of Rivian (+26) and OpenAI (+20).

The headline this month is that full-stack hiring is still growing, but the growth is concentrated in places a lot of job seekers aren't looking. Defense, aerospace and robotics companies — SpaceX, Anduril, Zipline, Palantir, Rivian — are the ones adding full-stack engineers fastest, not the consumer SaaS shops people instinctively apply to. If you've spent the last few months firing applications at the usual web-app startups and hearing nothing back, the data suggests you're aiming at the wrong part of the market.

How many full-stack jobs are open right now?

There are 11,369 open full-stack roles across 3,400 companies as of June 2026. That's a healthy spread — it works out to a little over three roles per company on average, though in practice a handful of large employers carry a disproportionate share while most companies have one or two seats open. You can browse the live set on the full-stack jobs page.

The "full-stack" label here is overwhelmingly an engineering label. Of the 11,369 postings, 11,300 sit in engineering — everything else (48 "other", a couple of operations roles, a stray education and field role, plus 17 I've flagged as junk) rounds to noise. That's worth stating plainly because some reports inflate niche counts by sweeping in loosely tagged roles. When I say full-stack here, I mean engineers building across front and back end, not a grab-bag of titles with the word in them.

Is full-stack hiring growing or cooling?

It's growing, modestly. Over the trailing 28 days the market added a net +1,107 roles: 4,257 new postings opened against 3,150 that closed. That's not a boom, but it's clearly expansionary — closures are running well below openings, and a ratio around 1.35 openings per closure is the kind of number you see when demand is steady rather than panicked in either direction.

What I find more telling than the net figure is the 502 companies that opened their first full-stack role in the last 28 days. Out of 3,400 hiring companies, nearly one in seven is new to this market in just the last month. New entrants tend to be earlier-stage or newly-staffing teams, and they're often less rigid about pedigree and more willing to move quickly. If you're hunting, those first-time posters are where I'd spend disproportionate effort — track the churn on the movers page.

Which companies are hiring full-stack engineers fastest?

SpaceX is hiring fastest by net new roles, adding +43 in the last 28 days and sitting on 140 active full-stack openings. That's the clearest single signal in this edition — see the breakdown on SpaceX's page. Behind it the pattern repeats: this is a hard-tech moment for full-stack work.

• SpaceX — +43 net, 140 active (profile)
• Rivian — +26 net, 26 active (profile)
• OpenAI — +20 net, 98 active (profile)
• Anduril Industries — +19 net, 166 active (profile)
• Zipline — +16 net, 42 active
• Anyone AI — +16 net, 16 active
• Palantir — +16 net, 44 active
• Roblox — +15 net, 59 active
• SentinelOne — +15 net, 26 active
• Instacart — +14 net, 17 active

A few things jump out. Anduril carries the largest active count in this group at 166 open roles — more than SpaceX — even though its net add (+19) is lower; that's a company that's been hiring steadily for a while, not just this month. Their board is worth a look if defense tech doesn't put you off. OpenAI showing up at +20 with 98 active is the one name on this list that fits the conventional "where the jobs are" narrative, and even there the absolute pace is below SpaceX.

Then there's the contrast between Rivian and Anyone AI. Rivian added +26 net but has only 26 active — meaning it's effectively rebuilt or freshly stood up its full-stack pipeline this month rather than expanded an existing one (see Rivian). Anyone AI's numbers are even starker: +16 net on 16 active. That's a team that went from roughly nothing to a full slate of openings inside the window. Small companies like that are where a single strong applicant can matter more than at a 166-seat operation.

Notice what's mostly absent: pure-play consumer web and fintech. Roblox and Instacart are the closest you get to that, and they're at the bottom of the leaderboard by net adds. The center of gravity for full-stack demand right now is aerospace, defense, robotics, EVs and AI infrastructure — companies where the "web app" is one surface on top of physical systems or models.

What do full-stack jobs pay?

The disclosed median band is $150,000–$200,000/yr, but read that with caution: only 17% of postings disclose pay at all, and that figure rests on just 364 postings. So this is the median of the minority that publish numbers, not the market as a whole.

That disclosure rate matters for how you interpret the band. Companies subject to pay-transparency laws or those competing hard on comp are over-represented among disclosers, which can pull a published median in either direction depending on who's posting that month. I'd treat $150k–$200k as a reasonable anchor for a mid-to-senior full-stack role at a US tech employer, while assuming the roles that don't post — many of the hard-tech names above among them — span a wider range you simply can't see. If you want to dig into the disclosed numbers by role and level, they're on the salaries page.

One honest limit: the per-role pay breakdown I'd normally publish here didn't come through with usable numbers this month, so I'm not going to invent a table. The overall band is the figure I stand behind.

What seniority levels are companies hiring for?

This is a senior's market. Of the 11,369 roles, 4,745 are explicitly senior and another 4,507 carry no level in the posting — and in my experience unspecified roles skew toward mid/senior expectations more often than not. On top of that, 1,690 are principal. Add it up and the experienced tiers dominate by a wide margin.

Junior full-stack roles are scarce: just 344, about 3% of the market. That's the number I'd want every new grad and bootcamp finisher to see clearly. The demand is real but it is not for entry-level builders — companies are paying for people who can own systems end-to-end without much hand-holding. Director (44), executive (33) and VP (6) roles are rare, as you'd expect; full-stack is an individual-contributor and lead-track function, not a management one.

The practical read: if you're senior or principal, the breadth of openings is genuinely in your favor, and the unspecified-level pile is mostly yours to win too. If you're early-career, you're competing for a thin slice, and the fast-growing hard-tech employers aren't typically where junior pipelines are deepest. Targeting the 502 first-time posters and smaller teams (Anyone AI, Instacart at 17 active) is a better play than chasing the 166-seat boards where the bar is set for staff-level work.

Can I work full-stack remotely?

Mostly no. Remote roles are 24% of the market — roughly one in four — which means three quarters of these jobs expect you on-site or hybrid. That tracks with the leaderboard: you don't build rockets, drones or EVs fully remote, and several of this month's fastest hirers are physical-product companies with real facilities. If location flexibility is non-negotiable for you, expect to be fishing in a quarter of the pond, and weight your search toward the software-native names (OpenAI, Roblox, Palantir) rather than the hardware-led ones.

Is this a good time to look for a full-stack job?

If you're mid-level or above, yes — the market is net-positive, broad, and refreshing fast. The 28-day churn (4,257 opened) tells you new roles are appearing constantly, so a board that looks picked-over today will look different in two weeks. The smart move is to check the movers regularly rather than treating any single snapshot as the whole market.

The caveat is who "you" are. This edition is unusually clear that demand is concentrated by seniority and by sector. Senior and principal engineers comfortable with hard-tech or AI-infrastructure work have the strongest hand I've seen in a while. New grads face a tight 3% slice and should manage expectations accordingly.

The takeaway for job seekers

Point your search at the sectors actually adding seats. Defense, aerospace, robotics and AI infrastructure — SpaceX (+43), Anduril (166 active), OpenAI, Rivian, Zipline, Palantir — are where net hiring is happening, and most of it is senior or unspecified-level. Three concrete moves: (1) if you're senior or principal, apply directly to the high-volume boards above, because that's where the seats are; (2) if you're earlier in your career or need remote, work the 502 first-time posters and the smaller fast-growers like Anyone AI where the bar and the candidate pool are both smaller; (3) anchor your comp expectations around $150k–$200k but don't be surprised when most listings show no number — only 17% do, so ask early and lean on the salaries data to calibrate. The roles are there. The mismatch is usually between where people apply