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title: 'Tech & AI jobs in Pennsylvania'
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# Tech & AI jobs in Pennsylvania

> Pennsylvania's tech splits between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Pittsburgh, on the back of Carnegie Mellon, has become a robotics and autonomy hub, with Aurora and Gecko Robotics building there. Philadelphia leans consumer and commerce, with Gopuff and Duolingo. The through-line is a university system that produces top-tier engineers, several of whom stay to build.

- **Open roles:** 904
- **Hiring companies:** 186
- **Region type:** state
- **Timezone:** America/New_York
- **Population:** 12,960,000
- **Cost of living:** near the US average, with Pittsburgh notably affordable for a tech city.
- **Climate:** Humid continental, with warm summers and cold, snowy winters. Four distinct seasons across the state.
- **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/pennsylvania

## Cities in Pennsylvania

- [Philadelphia](https://feeny.ai/location/pennsylvania/philadelphia) — 254 jobs
- [Pittsburgh](https://feeny.ai/location/pennsylvania/pittsburgh) — 254 jobs

## Top companies hiring in Pennsylvania

- [HealthVerity](https://feeny.ai/companies/healthverity) — 14 open roles
- [Stevens Capital Management LP](https://feeny.ai/companies/stevens-capital-management-lp) — 20 open roles
- [AscellaHealth](https://feeny.ai/companies/ascellahealth) — 8 open roles
- [Lab37](https://feeny.ai/companies/lab37) — 13 open roles
- [AccuWeather Careers](https://feeny.ai/companies/accuweather-careers) — 15 open roles
- [TeleTracking Technologies, Inc.](https://feeny.ai/companies/teletracking-technologies-inc) — 8 open roles
- [EQT Corporation](https://feeny.ai/companies/eqt-corporation) — 21 open roles
- [Suvoda](https://feeny.ai/companies/suvoda) — 10 open roles
- [Iovance Biotherapeutics](https://feeny.ai/companies/iovance-biotherapeutics) — 19 open roles
- [Keel Infrastructure](https://feeny.ai/companies/keel-infrastructure) — 9 open roles
- [Duolingo](https://feeny.ai/companies/duolingo) — 25 open roles
- [Phoenix Contact](https://feeny.ai/companies/phoenix-contact) — 18 open roles

## Top Universities

**Where Pennsylvania's tech talent studies**

Carnegie Mellon is the crown jewel, feeding robotics, AI, and software (its alumni include Sun's Andy Bechtolsheim, Adobe's Charles Geschke, and Coursera's Andrew Ng). UPenn adds Elon Musk and Cisco's Len Bosack, while Pitt produced ANSYS founder John Swanson. It's one of the deepest engineering-talent states in the country.

- **Carnegie Mellon University** (Pittsburgh, PA · 7,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Andy Bechtolsheim, Andrew Ng, Vinod Khosla, Charles Geschke, David Tepper
- **University of Pennsylvania** (Philadelphia, PA · 10,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Elon Musk, Len Bosack, Brian L. Roberts, Jeff Weiner, Warren Buffett
- **Pennsylvania State University** (University Park, PA · 41,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Mark Parker, Kenneth Frazier, Linda Yaccarino, Joel Myers, Terry Pegula
- **University of Pittsburgh** (Pittsburgh, PA · 20,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: John A. Swanson, Herbert Boyer, Larry Merlo, Susan Arnold, Erik Buell
- **Drexel University** (Philadelphia, PA · 14,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Michael Baum, Raj Gupta, Richelle Parham, Nicholas Schorsch, Anne Stevens
- **Lehigh University** (Bethlehem, PA · 5,700 undergrads) — notable alumni: Lee Iacocca, Steve Chang, Richard Hayne, Cathy Engelbert, William Amelio
- **Temple University** (Philadelphia, PA · 24,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Bill Mensch, Ben Goertzel, Sam Greenblatt, John Carrig, Larry Miller
- **Villanova University** (Villanova, PA · 7,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Michael G. Rubin, James Kim, Chris Gheysens, John Drosdick, Brian Higgins

## Top Unicorns

**Unicorn startups in Pennsylvania**

The unicorn roster reflects the Pittsburgh robotics surge and Philadelphia commerce: robot foundation models at Skild AI, infrastructure inspection at Gecko Robotics, and autonomous trucking at Stack AV, alongside Gopuff's instant delivery. More frontier hardware than the coasts.

- **[Skild AI](https://feeny.ai/companies/skild-ai)** — $14B · Foundation models that power a new generation of robots
- **Gopuff** — $8.5B · On-demand delivery of everyday essentials in minutes
- **[Misfits Market](https://feeny.ai/companies/misfits-market)** — $2B · Online grocer for affordable organic produce
- **Phenom** — $1.4B · AI-powered talent experience platform for enterprises
- **[Gecko Robotics](https://feeny.ai/companies/gecko-robotics)** — $1.25B · Wall-climbing robots that inspect critical infrastructure
- **[Stack AV](https://feeny.ai/companies/stack-av)** — $1B · Self-driving technology for long-haul freight trucks

## Events

**What's happening in Pennsylvania**

- [PWYW Coworking - August 7](https://luma.com/pwyw-aug7) — 2026-08-07 · Philadelphia
- [collage club: music night w/ vinyl collaging](https://luma.com/letmeknow-vla5) — 2026-08-07 · Philadelphia
- [stitch club: cross stitch postcards](https://luma.com/letmeknow-ldy1) — 2026-08-08 · Philadelphia
- [Still Growing: In Person Community Session](https://luma.com/g7zhesec) — 2026-08-09 · Philadelphia
- [South Philly Sala/ August 9th / Pound your worries away](https://luma.com/7xprni3i) — 2026-08-09 · Philadelphia
- [H+H x HOKA | Hot Hunny Walk Series 🔥🍯👟](https://luma.com/wo6iipx9) — 2026-08-11 · Philadelphia
- [📚 Indy Hall Reading Club and BOOK SWAP!](https://luma.com/readingclub-aug12) — 2026-08-12 · Philadelphia
- [Discover the Businesses of South Philly](https://luma.com/lc5tjfav) — 2026-08-13 · Philadelphia
- [platonic love club: friend dating (20s)](https://luma.com/djpydmww) — 2026-08-13 · Philadelphia

## FAQ

**Tech jobs in Pennsylvania: common questions**

### How many tech jobs are open in Pennsylvania right now?

Feeny is tracking about 904 open tech roles in Pennsylvania from 186 companies hiring. The listings come off employer career pages and refresh as roles open and fill, so you are not sifting through months-old posts. The state splits its hiring cleanly between two cities, which shapes what you find where.

### Which Pennsylvania cities have the most tech jobs?

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia carry the state, and they hire for different things. Pittsburgh, on the back of Carnegie Mellon, has become a robotics and autonomy hub. Philadelphia leans more toward consumer and commerce companies. Across the 2 Pennsylvania cities we index, those two account for the bulk of the open roles.

### What companies are hiring for tech roles in Pennsylvania?

In Pittsburgh, Aurora and Gecko Robotics anchor the autonomy and robotics work that grew out of Carnegie Mellon's research. Philadelphia leans consumer and commerce, with Gopuff and Duolingo as the recognizable names hiring engineers. The through-line is a university pipeline that keeps producing strong engineers, and enough of them stay to keep both cities building.

### What kinds of tech roles are common in Pennsylvania?

Pittsburgh skews toward robotics, autonomy, and the machine-learning and systems work those require, a direct product of Carnegie Mellon's research base. Philadelphia tilts to consumer, commerce, and the full-stack and mobile roles that come with them. Between the two you get an unusual split for one state: hard robotics on one end, consumer apps on the other.

### What is it like to work in tech in Pennsylvania?

Cost of living sits close to the national average statewide, and Pittsburgh in particular is notably affordable for a real tech city, which is a big part of its appeal. The trade is that neither Pittsburgh nor Philadelphia is a coastal-scale hub, so the crowd is smaller and more specialized. If you want frontier robotics work without Bay Area rent, Pittsburgh is one of the best deals in the country.

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