--- title: 'Tech & AI jobs in Oregon' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/location/oregon' type: 'location' --- # Tech & AI jobs in Oregon > Oregon's tech economy centers on Portland, with a hardware legacy from Intel's huge Hillsboro campus (the state's largest private employer) and a growing software layer. Nike and Columbia anchor the consumer side, while startups like Iterable and Jama build enterprise tools. The roles span chip manufacturing, athletic-brand tech, and a smaller SaaS scene. - **Open roles:** 427 - **Hiring companies:** 131 - **Region type:** state - **Timezone:** America/Los_Angeles - **Population:** 4,240,000 - **Cost of living:** 13% above the US average, driven by Portland housing. - **Climate:** Mild, wet marine climate west of the Cascades, with cool rainy winters and dry summers. Much drier and more extreme in the high desert to the east. - **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/oregon ## Cities in Oregon - [Portland](https://feeny.ai/location/oregon/portland) — 134 jobs ## Top companies hiring in Oregon - [Panthalassa ](https://feeny.ai/companies/panthalassa) — 32 open roles - [Oklo](https://feeny.ai/companies/oklo) — 44 open roles - [Designed Conveyor Systems](https://feeny.ai/companies/designed-conveyor-systems) — 13 open roles - [Stack AV](https://feeny.ai/companies/stack-av) — 12 open roles - [Thrive Market](https://feeny.ai/companies/thrive-market) — 8 open roles - [GHX](https://feeny.ai/companies/ghx) — 18 open roles - [Roboflow](https://feeny.ai/companies/roboflow) — 11 open roles - [Frontier Dermatology Provider Careers](https://feeny.ai/companies/frontier-dermatology-provider-careers) — 9 open roles - [Roofstock](https://feeny.ai/companies/roofstock) — 17 open roles - [The Copper River Family of Companies](https://feeny.ai/companies/the-copper-river-family-of-companies) — 8 open roles - [Agility Robotics](https://feeny.ai/companies/agility-robotics) — 11 open roles - [Avanath ](https://feeny.ai/companies/avanath) — 12 open roles ## Top Universities **Where Oregon's tech talent studies** Oregon State produced Nvidia's Jensen Huang and mouse inventor Douglas Engelbart, and the University of Oregon sent Nike's Phil Knight and Intel's Renee James into the industry. Reed College, small as it is, counts Steve Jobs among the students who passed through. - **Oregon State University** (Corvallis, OR · 26,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Jensen Huang, Douglas Engelbart, Linus Pauling, Gert Boyle, Kelvin Beachum - **University of Oregon** (Eugene, OR · 20,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Phil Knight, Renee James, Dan Wieden, Ann Curry, Chuck Palahniuk - **Reed College** (Portland, OR · 1,400 undergrads) — notable alumni: Steve Jobs, Peter Norton, James Beard - **Portland State University** (Portland, OR · 16,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Gary Kildall, Scott Kveton, Vera Katz ## Top Unicorns **Unicorn startups in Oregon** Oregon's private unicorn bench is thin: marketing automation at Iterable and requirements-management software at Jama Software are the clearest names. The state's tech weight sits more in Intel's chip fabs and Nike's consumer engineering than in venture-backed startups. - **[Iterable](https://feeny.ai/companies/iterable)** — $2B · Cross-channel marketing automation & engagement - **[Jama Software](https://feeny.ai/companies/jama-software)** — $1.2B · Requirements-management for complex product development ## Events **What's happening in Oregon** - [Portland | Claude Impact Lab](https://luma.com/claude-2nrk) — 2026-08-09 · Portland - [Hillsboro/Beaverton | Claude Code | Builders Night with Jim](https://luma.com/9p8uawl3) — 2026-08-12 · Portland - [August Book Club - 'The Half Life'](https://luma.com/0wwimw4m) — 2026-08-14 · Portland - [Startup Couve Coffee](https://luma.com/eat5sm3n) — 2026-08-14 · Portland - [The Growth Lounge](https://luma.com/2x1gbzk1) — 2026-08-20 · Portland - [Site Tour: PDX Airport with Sustainable NW](https://luma.com/cgzmx0f2) — 2026-08-28 · Portland - [UpStart Collective is turning 4!](https://luma.com/7eoz16jk) — 2026-09-03 · Portland ## FAQ **Tech jobs in Oregon: common questions** ### How many tech jobs are open in Oregon right now? Feeny lists roughly 427 open tech roles in Oregon from 131 companies hiring. The postings are pulled live from company career pages, so a closed req drops off instead of lingering as a dead listing. Most of that volume sits in and around Portland, where the state's tech employers concentrate. ### Which Oregon cities have the most tech jobs? Portland is the center of gravity for Oregon tech, and it is the main city we index for the state. Intel's Hillsboro campus just outside Portland is the state's largest private employer, so a good share of hiring happens in that western suburb belt. Across the 1 Oregon cities we track, Portland and its immediate metro account for most of the open roles. ### What companies are hiring for tech roles in Oregon? Intel dominates the hardware side out of Hillsboro, and the roles there run deep into chip manufacturing and process engineering. Nike and Columbia anchor the consumer and athletic-brand tech, hiring engineers to build the software behind the products. On the enterprise side, startups like Iterable and Jama build tools that keep a smaller but real SaaS scene alive. ### What kinds of tech roles are common in Oregon? Chip and hardware work is the backbone, thanks to Intel's footprint, so semiconductor and manufacturing engineering roles show up more here than in most states. Nike and Columbia pull in product and consumer-software engineers on the brand side. The SaaS layer is smaller than the coastal hubs, but companies like Iterable and Jama keep enterprise software and platform roles in the mix. ### What is it like to work in tech in Oregon? Portland's cost of living runs about 13 percent above the national average, and housing is the main reason, so a salary stretches less here than the state's laid-back reputation suggests. What you get for it is a mix you do not find everywhere: serious hardware work at Intel, brand tech at Nike, and no sales tax on top. The startup scene is quieter than Seattle or the Bay, so if you want a big SaaS crowd this is a smaller pond. --- _Source: https://feeny.ai/location/oregon_