Washington
Washington's tech economy grew up around Microsoft and Amazon, and the startups here still cluster in enterprise software and cloud. Seattle and Bellevue do most of the hiring, with SpaceX's Redmond satellite office, Okta, Databricks, and Snowflake all posting roles alongside homegrown companies like Outreach and Highspot. There's also a growing hard-tech corner in space and fusion.
Open Positions2,197 jobs in Washington
Where Washington’s tech talent studies
The University of Washington is the engine, sending engineers into Amazon, Microsoft, and the startups they spun off (MySpace and Costco both trace founders here). Washington State adds Paul Allen and the Fluke lineage, while Seattle University keeps a steady line into the local software scene.
University of Washington
- Jeffrey BrotmanCo-Founder and chairman of Costco
- Chris DeWolfeCo-Founder and CEO of MySpace
- Peter AdkisonFounder of Wizards of the Coast
- John FlukeFounder of the Fluke Corporation
- Orin C. SmithFormer CEO of Starbucks
Washington State University
- Paul AllenCo-Founder of Microsoft
- Edmund SchweitzerFounder of Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
- Jamie Kern LimaCo-Founder of IT Cosmetics
- John AbelsonCo-Founder of Agouron Pharmaceuticals
- Weldon GibsonFormer EVP of Stanford Research Institute
Seattle University
- Julie Larson-GreenChief Experience Officer of Qualtrics, former Microsoft Office CXO
- Steve McConnellFounder of Construx, author of Code Complete
- Gary BrinsonFounder of Brinson Partners
- Jerry GrundhoferFormer CEO of U.S. Bancorp
- Calvin TangCo-Founder of Newsvine
Western Washington University
- Robert AngelCreator of the board game Pictionary
- Hoby DarlingPresident of Riot Games
- Dan EricksonCreator of the series Severance
- TJ MartinAcademy Award-winning filmmaker
- Hiro YamamotoCo-Founder of Soundgarden
Central Washington University
- Christine M. DayFormer CEO of Lululemon
- Raymond ConnerFormer Vice Chairman of Boeing
- Stephen L. NelsonAuthor of Quicken for Dummies
- Daniel D. McCrackenComputer scientist and programming author
- Shelley PowersTechnology architect and author
University of Puget Sound
- Nicolas CaryCo-Founder of Blockchain.com
- Alex IsraelFounder of Metropolis Technologies and ParkMe
- Erik VoorheesFounder of ShapeShift
- Chris PirihMicrosoft engineer, creator of SkiFree
- John W. StantonFounder of Western Wireless
Unicorn startups in Washington
The unicorns split between enterprise SaaS and frontier tech: sales and revenue tooling at Outreach and Highspot, data and durability at Temporal and Qumulo, and a hard-tech cluster in Helion's fusion reactor and Stoke Space's reusable rockets. It's a Microsoft-and-Amazon alumni economy, several rungs down.
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Tech jobs in Washington: common questions
How many tech jobs are open in Washington right now?
Feeny lists roughly 2,197 open tech roles in Washington from 298 companies hiring. The postings come straight off employer career pages and refresh as roles open and close, so the count stays honest. Most of them sit in the Seattle metro, one of the deepest tech markets in the country.
Which Washington cities have the most tech jobs?
Seattle and Bellevue do most of the hiring, with Redmond close behind thanks to Microsoft and a SpaceX satellite office. Everett, Renton, Bothell, and Woodinville add more of the metro's spread. Across the 6 Washington cities we index, the Seattle and Eastside belt accounts for the large majority of open tech roles.
What companies are hiring for tech roles in Washington?
The state grew up around Microsoft and Amazon, and their gravity still shapes the market. Around them, Okta, Databricks, and Snowflake post roles alongside homegrown companies like Outreach and Highspot. SpaceX's Redmond office adds a hard-tech corner in satellites, so the mix runs from cloud software to space hardware.
What kinds of tech roles are common in Washington?
Enterprise software and cloud dominate, a direct legacy of Microsoft and Amazon anchoring the region. Data infrastructure and platform roles run deep, given who is hiring. A growing hard-tech corner in space and cloud adds engineering work you will not find in most software towns, which gives the market real range.
What is it like to work in tech in Washington?
The salaries are among the highest anywhere, and there is no state income tax, which is a genuine draw. The offset is cost: Seattle-area housing runs about 16 percent above the national average, so a big paycheck buys less than it looks like on paper. If you want top-tier cloud and enterprise work and can stomach the rent, few markets are deeper.
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