Major Tech Companies Hiring Engineers During COVID-19

Here are some of the big name tech companies that are hiring during the pandemic -- many of which have more than 100 openings.

Rob Spiegel

May 7, 2020

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Engineering jobs, Glassdoor, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Zoom, GE Healthcare, Siemens, John Deere, BAE Systems

There were 46,188 new listings for software engineers on CareerBuilder since March 8, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of listings.

According to Business Insider, Amazon is advertising over 20,000 open tech jobs on top of the 175,000 new shipping and logistics roles it recently announced to meet the rising demand for home deliveries amid coronavirus.

We searched a number of sources to put together this list of companies seeking engineers during the pandemic, including Glassdoor, Monster, the Wall Street Journal, and Business Insider. While a good portion of the available jobs are for software engineers, there’s a bit of everything in this list.

(Image source: Glassdoor)

Rob Spiegel has covered automation and control for 19 years, 17 of them for Design News. Other topics he has covered include supply chain technology, alternative energy, and cyber security. For 10 years, he was owner and publisher of the food magazine Chile Pepper.

About the Author

Rob Spiegel

Rob Spiegel serves as a senior editor for Design News. He started with Design News in 2002 as a freelancer covering sustainability issues, including the transistion in electronic components to RoHS compliance. Rob was hired by Design News as senior editor in 2011 to cover automation, manufacturing, 3D printing, robotics, AI, and more.

Prior to his work with Design News, Rob worked as a senior editor for Electronic News and Ecommerce Business. He served as contributing editolr to Automation World for eight years, and he has contributed to Supply Chain Management Review, Logistics Management, Ecommerce Times, and many other trade publications. He is the author of six books on small business and internet commerce, inclluding Net Strategy: Charting the Digital Course for Your Company's Growth.

He has been published in magazines that range from Rolling Stone to True Confessions.

Rob has won a number of awards for his technolloghy coverage, including a Maggy Award for a Design News article on the Jeep Cherokee hacking, and a Launch Team award for Ecommerce Business. Rob has also won awards for his leadership postions in the American Marketing Association and SouthWest Writers.

Before covering technology, Rob spent 10 years as publisher and owner of Chile Pepper Magazine, a national consumer food publication. He has published hundreds of poems and scores of short stories in national publications.

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