r/softwareengineerjobshiring posts only

r/softwareengineerjobs is one of the noisiest subreddits we read. Most posts are engineers asking about interviews, layoffs and career moves, or advertising themselves.

The hiring posts are mostly remote engineering roles, several of them senior, plus paid work reviewing AI-written code. Many come from agencies and recruiters posting several roles at once, with tags like [Hiring] [Remote] in the title.

• 10%of the posts we read were hiring
• 43%of hiring posts named an amount
• 12open jobs right now

Of the 147 posts we've read from r/softwareengineerjobs since October 2026, 14 were hiring. The others: 90 questions or discussion posts, 30 people offering their services without the tag, 11 spam or promotional posts, 1 unpaid collaboration and 1 post of another kind. Posts tagged [For Hire] or [Offer] are skipped before we read anything, so they aren't counted.

Right now: 4 of the 12 open jobs name an amount, 8 are remote, and 1 carries a scam warning.

• Software engineering 8
• Data, ML & AI 3
• Sales & business development 1

• Many posts link to a recruiter or a platform rather than the employer. Find out who the client is before you share your CV.
• AI code-review work is often paid per task. Ask how tasks are approved and paid before you put hours in.

And everywhere on Reddit: read the whole post and its comments, and never pay to get a job. Our guide to Reddit job scams has the warning signs we see most.

• r/developerjobs

  A developer job board where most posts are developers looking for work or asking for advice.

• r/remotepython

  A small board of remote Python roles, many of them AI coding and training contracts.

• r/MachineLearningJobs

  An ML and AI board where most posts are questions, resumes and promotion. The few jobs are well paid.

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