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Rust vs Go: Which Systems Language Is More in Demand on Hacker News?

Rust vs Go (Golang) hiring demand on Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts. The systems-language race charted by share of postings since 2011, with the real job listings.

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How the lead changes hands

Rust versus Go is the systems-language question of the moment, and the hiring data shows two trajectories. Go builds an early, durable base on cloud-native infrastructure and holds a steady plateau; Rust starts later and climbs steadily as crypto, infra and systems teams adopt it. The relative bands show Rust narrowing the gap without overtaking Go's installed demand. Read the sample postings to see which teams hire for each - backend and platform for Go, systems and infrastructure for Rust.

The real postings behind each

Go (Golang)2,979 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. Stream | Golang Staff Engineer | On-site: Amsterdam Boulder Skopje (sometimes remote) Stream ( https: getstream.io ) provides APIs for building in-app chat, feeds and realtime video. We do this for over a billion end users, and thousands of apps such as Nextdoor, Strava, Gojek,…

  2. Friendly Captcha | Infrastructure Engineer | REMOTE within EU | PART-TIME or FULL-TIME | Office in Munich, Germany | https: friendlycaptcha.com At Friendly Captcha we do one thing and we do it well: we protect websites from malicious actors and bots. We provide privacy-friendly…

  3. Abnormal Security | REMOTE (US, Canada) with optional offices in SF & NYC, HYBRID (Bangalore India) | https: grnh.se ad31ff8e3us I'm looking for exceptional full-stack and backend engineers to join my teams at Abnormal Security to fight cybercrime. We have multiple open…

Rust2,691 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | Principal Software Engineer, Rust Genomics Infrastructure | Memphis, TN | ONSITE or REMOTE | https: www.stjude.org St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is hiring Rust software engineers to rebuild the genomics ecosystem in Rust. We work…

  2. MixRank (YC S11) | Software Engineers | 100% REMOTE (Global) | Full-Time MixRank processes petabytes of data every month from web crawling. We have hundreds of customers using our data products including Google, Amazon, Facebook, Intel, and Adobe, across industries including…

  3. FlightAware | multiple roles | REMOTE (US timezones) | Houston US | https: flightaware.com about careers Hello from FlightAware! We are hiring for a few positions, including Engineering Managers and Senior Software Engineers. Our team is headquartered in Houston, Texas, but we…

The systems-language race for hires: Go's early lead, Rust's steady climb.

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