--- title: 'Tech & AI jobs in China' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/location/china' type: 'location' --- # Tech & AI jobs in China > China's tech scene spans Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou, and its scale is unmatched anywhere. ByteDance and Ant Group operate at a size few global companies reach, and a new AI wave (DeepSeek, Moonshot) is drawing serious talent. Hardware in Shenzhen and internet platforms in Beijing anchor a market that builds fast and at enormous volume. - **Open roles:** 1015 - **Hiring companies:** 151 - **Region type:** country - **Timezone:** Asia/Shanghai - **Population:** 1,410,000,000 - **Cost of living:** below the US average, though tier-1 cities like Shanghai and Beijing run higher. - **Climate:** Varies widely by region, from subtropical in the south to continental in the north. Shanghai has hot humid summers and cool winters. - **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/china ## Cities in China - [Shanghai](https://feeny.ai/location/china/shanghai) — 318 jobs - [Shenzhen](https://feeny.ai/location/china/shenzhen) — 152 jobs - [Hong Kong](https://feeny.ai/location/china/hong-kong) — 143 jobs - [Beijing](https://feeny.ai/location/china/beijing) — 100 jobs ## Top companies hiring in China - [SES](https://feeny.ai/companies/ses) — 31 open roles - [AXQ Capital](https://feeny.ai/companies/axq-capital) — 13 open roles - [Meshy LLC](https://feeny.ai/companies/meshy-llc) — 15 open roles - [Hyphen Connect Limited](https://feeny.ai/companies/hyphen-connect-limited) — 163 open roles - [Kirin](https://feeny.ai/companies/kirin) — 15 open roles - [MiQ Digital](https://feeny.ai/companies/miq-digital) — 19 open roles - [Delart](https://feeny.ai/companies/delart) — 12 open roles - [Qube Research & Technologies](https://feeny.ai/companies/qube-research-technologies) — 48 open roles - [Scientech Research LLC](https://feeny.ai/companies/scientech-research-llc) — 9 open roles - [AlphaGrep Securities](https://feeny.ai/companies/alphagrep-securities) — 9 open roles - [Overview Corporation](https://feeny.ai/companies/overview-corporation) — 13 open roles - [Payoneer](https://feeny.ai/companies/payoneer) — 28 open roles ## Top Universities **Where China's tech talent studies** China's tech founders overwhelmingly come from a handful of elite universities. Tsinghua produced Meituan's Wang Xing, Peking University sent Baidu's Robin Li, and Shenzhen University counts Tencent's Pony Ma among its graduates. Together they feed the country's giant internet and hardware companies. - **Tsinghua University** (Beijing · 16,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Wang Xing, Charles Zhang - **Peking University** (Beijing · 15,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Robin Li, Li Yanhong - **Shenzhen University** (Shenzhen · 27,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Pony Ma, Zhang Zhidong - **Zhejiang University** (Hangzhou · 25,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Duan Yongping - **Shanghai Jiao Tong University** (Shanghai · 16,000 undergrads) - **Fudan University** (Shanghai · 15,000 undergrads) - **University of Science and Technology of China** (Hefei · 8,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Feng-hsiung Hsu - **Nanjing University** (Nanjing · 13,000 undergrads) ## Top Unicorns **Unicorn startups in China** The roster is a list of global heavyweights: ByteDance and Ant Group at the top, a frontier-AI cohort in DeepSeek and Moonshot, and hardware and gaming in DJI, Oppo, and miHoYo. Even the smaller names here would be mega-caps in most other markets. - **ByteDance** — $550B · Owner of TikTok and Douyin; short-video, news & AI at scale - **Ant Group** — $82B · Operator of Alipay, a giant mobile payments & finance platform - **Xiaohongshu** — $70B · Lifestyle social platform & marketplace (RED) - **DeepSeek** — $52B · Frontier AI lab building open-weight large language models - **miHoYo** — $30B · Game studio behind Genshin Impact (HoYoverse) - **[Moonshot AI](https://feeny.ai/companies/moonshot-ai)** — $30B · AI lab building the Kimi family of language models - **DJI** — $22B · World's largest consumer & commercial drone maker - **WeBank** — $22B · Tencent-backed digital-only neobank - **Oppo** — $20B · Camera-focused consumer smartphones & smart devices - **Yuanfudao** — $15.5B · Online education, tutoring & live classes - **Vivo** — $15B · Camera-centric smartphones & audio devices ## FAQ **Tech jobs in China: common questions** ### How many tech jobs are open in China right now? Feeny is tracking about 1,015 open tech roles across China, from roughly 151 companies hiring. Each one is pulled from a company's own careers page, so a listing here means a role they're actively filling, not a stale one. China operates at a scale few global markets reach, and the openings reflect that. Filter by city or discipline to narrow the set. ### Which cities in China have the most tech jobs? The work splits cleanly by specialty across a handful of major cities. Beijing holds the internet platforms, Shenzhen is the hardware capital, and Shanghai carries the finance and enterprise side. Hong Kong sits apart as a separate international hub with its own rules and a much easier path for foreigners. Across the 4 China cities we index, which one fits depends heavily on what you build. ### What companies are hiring for tech roles in China? The giants are genuinely giant: ByteDance and Ant Group run at sizes most global firms never touch. A newer AI wave is pulling serious talent too, with names like DeepSeek and Moonshot drawing engineers into frontier model work. So the market splits between the massive established platforms and a fresh cohort of well-funded AI labs. Feeny lists roles from about 151 companies, so the current openings are worth a direct look. ### What kinds of tech roles are common in China? AI and machine learning are the loudest story right now, driven by the new lab wave and heavy investment across the board. Hardware engineering is concentrated in Shenzhen, feeding one of the densest electronics supply chains anywhere. Large-scale platform engineering runs through Beijing, where the big internet companies need people to keep enormous systems running. The center of gravity is scale, both in users and in the systems that serve them. ### What is it like to work in tech in China? The draw is scale and ambition, since you can work on products and models that reach hundreds of millions of people. The pace is famously demanding, and long hours are common at the biggest firms. Mandarin is often expected outside of multinational roles, which is a real barrier for many foreign engineers. The honest trade is that the opportunity is huge, but so is the language and cultural adjustment. ### Can international candidates get a work visa to work in tech in China? For the mainland you'll need a Z visa, the work permit that's tied to a specific employer, and the process is genuine bureaucracy that takes time and paperwork. Mandarin is often expected outside of multinational teams, which narrows the realistic options for many foreigners. Hong Kong is a much easier entry point, with its own immigration system and far more English-language roles. Be honest with yourself about the language and bureaucracy barrier before betting on a mainland move. --- _Source: https://feeny.ai/location/china_