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Scala vs Kotlin vs Clojure: Which JVM Language Gets Hired Most on Hacker News?

Scala vs Kotlin vs Clojure hiring demand on Hacker News 'Who is hiring?' posts. Three JVM challengers charted by share of postings since 2011, with the real job listings.

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Job postings

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How the lead changes hands

Scala, Kotlin and Clojure are three different bets on going beyond plain Java, and the hiring data gives each its moment. Scala rides the big-data wave, Clojure holds a small functional-purist niche, and Kotlin surges latest on the back of Android. The relative bands let you compare their slices directly. Read the sample postings to see the distinct worlds each language hires from - data platforms, boutique consultancies and mobile teams respectively.

The real postings behind each

Scala3,105 postings · peak Aug 2015
  1. Disney Streaming | Lead Senior Software Engineer | Onsite in NY, Seattle, SF or Remote | Full-time Help us build the applications and services used by millions. We’re looking for folks to build amazing user experiences and performant, scalable APIs for Disney+, Hulu, Star+ and…

  2. Fold | Remote (US Only) | Senior Back End Engineer | Full-time Fold is a publicly listed bitcoin financial services company building the tools people need to earn, buy, sell and live on Bitcoin. We're looking for a Senior BE Engineer to help build the financial infrastructure…

  3. tulanā | full time | Berlin remote with some presence in Berlin | Senior Software Engineer | https: tulana.notion.site Senior-Software-Engineer-2a3f6680... We are a bootstrapped, profitable startup leveraging stochastic optimization OR, simulation, and machine learning to…

Kotlin1,773 postings · peak Aug 2021
  1. Pushscroll | Full-Stack Mobile Engineer (KMP) | REMOTE (GMT-3 to GMT+4) We make people do push-ups before opening addictive apps - verified through camera pose detection. Our goal is to replace doomscrolling with exercise. 500k+ downloads, bootstrapped and profitable, very…

  2. Lancom Systems | Senior Data Platform Engineer | Karlsruhe,Würselen,Remote(EU - Germany, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands) | Full-time | https: www.lancom-systems.com Lancom Systems provides cloud-managed networking solutions. My team is responsible for processing metrics…

  3. Houmanoids | https: houmanoids.com | Lots of roles We're integrating robots in and around buildings (focused in America for now). Example usecases: - security guards, doormen, receptionists (low mobility using humanoids) - security patrol around perimeter of buildings (high…

Clojure1,435 postings · peak Aug 2015
  1. Narraduct | Multiple Roles | Remote | Full time & Part time | https: narraduct.com jobs Narraduct is a commodities focused consultancy and hedge fund, building tools for mining and energy companies, primarily in Central Asia and S. America. Knowledge of accounting, chemistry,…

  2. Metabase | https: metabase.com | REMOTE | Full-time | Product, Design and Engineering Metabase is an open source ( https: github.com metabase metabase ) business intelligence software that lets anyone in your company rummage around in the databases you have. It connects to a…

  3. Griffin Bank | Engineering | REMOTE (UK) Company: We are Griffin Bank. We are a fully authorized, API-first bank; we bank fintechs and startups. We built our own core banking system from scratch. Experience: We are hiring across broadly across engineering. The things we work on…

Three JVM challengers, each with its moment in the hiring threads.

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