Coding by the numbers: the 5 most in-demand languages right now

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Published on Sep. 06, 2016

A tech company in 2016 will only go as far as its dev team allows it.

With a number of tech companies looking to add to their development staff, here are the most in-demand coding languages on the Built In LA job board right now.

 

5. C++

Number of open positions: 21

Where it's used: Microsoft, Oracle, Mozilla, Evernote, Opera, PayPal

Who's looking? Electrical Software Engineer at Hyperloop One, Senior Backend Developer for Big Data VR/MR/AR Project at Magnopus, Front End Engineer at Dollar Shave Club

 

4. Ruby

Number of open positions: 37

Where it's used: Shopify, Crunchbase, Groupon, Airbnb

Who's looking? Sr Software Engineer at Skurt, Software Engineer and Senior Software Engineer at Versus Systems, Senior Dev Ops Engineer at BCG Digital Ventures.

 

3. Python

Number of open positions: 37

Where it's used: YouTube, Quora, Pinterest, Instagram

Who's looking? Security Engineer at OpenX Technologies, Backend Engineer at OpenMail, Sales and Support Engineer at Factual.

 

2. Java

Number of open positions: 47

Where it's used: Facebook, eBay, Twitter, LinkedIn

Who's looking: Configuration Analyst at Chrome River, Chief Technology Officer/Tech Lead at srfr, DevOps Engineer at Canary Health.

 

1. Javascript

Number of open positions: 55

Where it's used: Everywhere

Who's looking? Mid/Sr. Full Stack Engineer at FloQast, UI/UX Designer/Developer at Beautycounter, UI Engineer at Signal Sciences.

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