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Software Engineer jobs in Denver

Aerospace, climate tech, and a growing software ecosystem. Here is how that shapes the software engineer market, and how to run a search here without burning out on applications.

6,300
open right now
851
companies hiring right now
26%
of those openings are remote
Mostly in

San Francisco, New York, Mountain View

Hiring now
  • Anduril Industries351
  • SpaceX240
  • Databricks172
  • OpenAI149
  • Affirm103
  • Roblox100
  • Elastic92
  • Anthropic91

Counted by Refolk from the public job boards of 1,731 companies, refreshed through the day. These are live openings, not a forecast, so the numbers move as roles are posted and filled.

The software engineer market in Denver

Aerospace, climate tech, and a growing software ecosystem. That mix determines which software engineer openings exist here and what they pay: the dominant industries set the technical stack, the seniority bands, and how much competition each posting attracts.

  • Read the industry mix before the job titles. The same title means different work in different sectors.
  • Check whether the role is genuinely local or a remote posting with a city label.
  • Salary bands vary more between industries in one city than between cities in one industry.

Where software engineer jobs in Denver are actually posted

Most openings appear on a company's own careers page before they reach an aggregator, and a meaningful share are filled before they get there at all.

  • Company careers pages, especially for teams that are hiring continuously.
  • The applicant tracking systems companies host on: Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and Workable.
  • Team and community channels for the specific discipline, which is where the roles that never get posted go.
  • Recruiters who specialise in software engineer roles in this market, who see postings before they are public.

Tailoring for a Denver application

A local application differs from a remote one in specifics, not in structure. Say where you are, say what your work authorisation is if it is a question, and use the vocabulary the local market uses.

  • Put your city in the header. Recruiters filter on it.
  • State your work authorisation plainly if you are applying across a border.
  • Name the companies in your history that this market will recognise.
  • Lead with Python, TypeScript, and Go if the posting asks for them.

FAQ

How many software engineer jobs should I apply to?
Enough that no single outcome matters, which for most people is between twenty and fifty over a search. The constraint is usually not finding postings; it is that tailoring each application by hand takes an hour, so people either apply to five properly or forty badly.
Do I need to live in Denver to apply?
For genuinely local roles, usually yes, or you need a credible relocation plan and the right to work there. Say which one applies in your application rather than leaving the recruiter to guess, because the guess is usually the unfavourable one.
What should a software engineer resume emphasise for this market?
Evidence you have shipped something real to production and owned it afterwards. Beyond that, weight the parts of your history that match the industries concentrated here, and use the local vocabulary for the same work where it differs.

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