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

> Utah's tech scene, known as Silicon Slopes, runs down the corridor from Salt Lake City through Lehi to Provo, and it's grown into one of the strongest startup markets outside the coasts. Qualtrics, Podium, and Lucid built big software businesses here, and the low costs plus a young, fast-growing workforce keep drawing founders. The roles skew enterprise SaaS.

- **Open roles:** 465
- **Hiring companies:** 125
- **Region type:** state
- **Timezone:** America/Denver
- **Population:** 3,450,000
- **Cost of living:** 3% above the US average, driven by fast-growing Salt Lake City housing.
- **Climate:** Semi-arid with four seasons, hot dry summers and cold snowy winters. The Wasatch Mountains bring some of the best snow in the country.
- **Page:** https://feeny.ai/location/utah

## Cities in Utah

- [Salt Lake City](https://feeny.ai/location/utah/salt-lake-city) — 241 jobs
- [Lehi](https://feeny.ai/location/utah/lehi) — 162 jobs

## Top companies hiring in Utah

- [Podium](https://feeny.ai/companies/podium) — 31 open roles
- [MX Technologies, Inc.](https://feeny.ai/companies/mx-technologies-inc) — 12 open roles
- [Traeger Grills](https://feeny.ai/companies/traeger-grills) — 11 open roles
- [Canopy](https://feeny.ai/companies/canopy) — 11 open roles
- [Weave](https://feeny.ai/companies/weave) — 18 open roles
- [Valar Atomics](https://feeny.ai/companies/valar-atomics) — 16 open roles
- [Breeze Airways™](https://feeny.ai/companies/breeze-airways) — 20 open roles
- [Mariana Minerals](https://feeny.ai/companies/mariana-minerals) — 22 open roles
- [Lucid Software](https://feeny.ai/companies/lucid-software) — 12 open roles
- [NetDocuments](https://feeny.ai/companies/netdocuments) — 8 open roles
- [Qualtrics](https://feeny.ai/companies/qualtrics) — 9 open roles
- [Addepar](https://feeny.ai/companies/addepar) — 10 open roles

## Top Universities

**Where Utah's tech talent studies**

The talent pipeline runs through the University of Utah, whose alumni include Adobe co-founder John Warnock and Atari's Nolan Bushnell, and BYU, which sent Qualtrics' Ryan Smith and JetBlue's David Neeleman into the industry. Together they feed the Silicon Slopes software corridor directly.

- **University of Utah** (Salt Lake City, UT · 27,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: John Warnock, Nolan Bushnell, Alan Ashton, Mark Fuller, Nolan Archibald
- **Brigham Young University** (Provo, UT · 31,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Ryan Smith, Kevin O'Connor, David Neeleman, Aaron Skonnard, Nolan Bushnell
- **Utah State University** (Logan, UT · 23,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Steve Young, Bill Child, Nolan Karras
- **Utah Valley University** (Orem, UT · 43,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Alan Hall, Steve Young
- **Weber State University** (Ogden, UT · 24,000 undergrads) — notable alumni: Kim B. Clark, Ken Garff

## Top Unicorns

**Unicorn startups in Utah**

The unicorn roster is enterprise SaaS through and through: diagramming at Lucid Software, customer messaging at Podium, HR software at BambooHR, and open-banking data at MX. It's a bench built on B2B software, the defining strength of the Silicon Slopes.

- **[Lucid Software](https://feeny.ai/companies/lucid-software)** — $3B · Visual collaboration & diagramming (Lucidchart)
- **[Podium](https://feeny.ai/companies/podium)** — $3B · Customer messaging & reviews for local businesses
- **Cricut** — $2B · Smart cutting machines & a DIY design platform
- **MX Technologies** — $1.9B · Financial data platform & open-banking connectivity
- **[Route](https://feeny.ai/companies/route)** — $1.25B · Package tracking & post-purchase protection
- **[BambooHR](https://feeny.ai/companies/bamboohr)** — $1B · HR software & payroll for SMBs
- **Filevine** — $1B · Legal case-management software
- **Entrata** — $1B · Property-management software for multifamily rentals

## Events

**What's happening in Utah**

- [Deep Tech Converge Summer 2026](https://luma.com/jajbwt7f) — 2026-08-12 · Salt Lake City
- [Women Entrepreneurs of Park City - August Meeting](https://luma.com/8lm1gsqj) — 2026-08-12 · Salt Lake City
- [AI Builder Day](https://luma.com/aibuilderday2) — 2026-08-14 · Salt Lake City
- [F&F Ventures | eCommerce Founders Brunch](https://luma.com/di5cxbnx) — 2026-08-19 · Salt Lake City
- [Founders & Funders: SLC VC Reverse Pitch](https://luma.com/fnfxslc0826) — 2026-08-20 · Salt Lake City
- [(Aug 20) Third Thursday @ Three Startup Pitch Event](https://luma.com/ulv2ifo5) — 2026-08-20 · Salt Lake City
- [Networking in Nature Hike - Stairway to Heaven](https://luma.com/5nfcopar) — 2026-08-21 · Salt Lake City
- [UT SMB Summit & Expo](https://luma.com/ru1giz9x) — 2026-10-14 · Salt Lake City

## FAQ

**Tech jobs in Utah: common questions**

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

Feeny lists roughly 465 open tech roles in Utah from 125 companies hiring. The postings come off employer career pages and turn over as roles fill, so the count stays current. Most of them sit along one corridor, which is why Utah punches so far above its size for tech.

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

The action runs along Silicon Slopes, the corridor from Salt Lake City through Lehi down to Provo. Lehi in particular has become a magnet for software companies. Across the 2 Utah cities we index, that stretch holds one of the strongest startup markets anywhere outside the coasts, so most open roles cluster there.

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

Qualtrics, Podium, and Lucid all built large software businesses along the Silicon Slopes corridor, and they set the tone for the state's hiring. Around them sits a deep bench of enterprise SaaS companies that keep drawing founders and engineers. The result is a market where you can find serious software work without leaving the corridor.

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

The state skews hard toward enterprise SaaS: backend, full-stack, and product roles at companies selling software to other businesses. A young, fast-growing workforce keeps the talent pool deep and the founder count high. If you want consumer or hardware, Utah is thinner, but for B2B software it is one of the best markets in the country outside the coasts.

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

Cost of living runs about 3 percent above the national average, and Salt Lake City housing has been climbing fast as the market grows, so the old bargain is tightening. What draws people is the combination: a strong startup scene, a young workforce, and mountains an hour from the office. The catch is that housing costs are rising to meet the demand, so the affordability edge is not what it was five years ago.

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