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 SystemsSenior 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 TechnologiesBackend Engineer at OpenMailSales 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 RiverChief Technology Officer/Tech Lead at srfrDevOps 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 FloQastUI/UX Designer/Developer at BeautycounterUI Engineer at Signal Sciences.

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