A living, human‑curated snapshot of Software Engineer (New Grad / Early Career) roles from high‑signal teams.
If you’re a student, recent grad, or early‑career engineer, this is meant to be your once‑or‑twice‑a‑week scan of “what actually looks good” without doom‑scrolling ten different job boards.
All roles are surfaced through Hirebase, which keeps the underlying feed fresh and searchable.
Snapshot window: roughly the last 14 days of new‑grad / early‑career SWE postings, filtered to ~0–2 years of experience.
Based on ~500 recent SWE‑ish roles filtered to 0–2 years of experience (433 early‑career SWE out of 500 total jobs in this slice):
| 🔧 Tech | How Often It Shows Up* |
|---|---|
| Python | ████████████ ░░ (~191 mentions) |
| Java | ██████████ ░░░ (~165) |
| C++ | ██████ ░░░░░ (~86) |
| JavaScript | █████ ░░░░░ (~79) |
| Git | ████ ░░░░░░ (~63) |
| AWS | ████ ░░░░░░ (~61) |
| React | ████ ░░░░░░ (~59) |
| Docker | ████ ░░░░░░ (~59) |
| Kubernetes | ████ ░░░░░░ (~59) |
| C# | ████ ░░░░░░ (~57) |
| SQL | ███ ░░░░░░░ (~45) |
| Azure | ███ ░░░░░░░ (~41) |
*Roughly: Python and Java are still out in front, with C++/JavaScript/React/Docker/Kubernetes showing up as the default “modern product + cloud” stack.
Takeaways:
- Python + Java remain the safest anchors for a generalist SWE portfolio.
- Cloud infra (Docker, Kubernetes) keeps creeping further into junior postings, especially around platform and data‑adjacent teams.
- A very reasonable “new‑grad portfolio” is:
- One Python or Java project that talks to a database and some cloud services, plus
- One React or TypeScript project that looks and feels like a real product.
Where salary ranges are actually listed in this 14‑day slice, you see clusters like:
| 🌍 Region | Typical Listed Range* |
|---|---|
| US (major hubs) | ~$120,000–$180,000+ total comp bands show up a lot (average in this slice is around $128k) |
| Canada | roughly CA$110,000–$150,000 at the upper end for big‑name employers (slice average ~CA$118k) |
| Remote‑labeled roles | often in the $110,000–$170,000+ band, with big variance by company (slice average ~$132k) |
| Europe | ~€35,000–€70,000 equivalent, with this slice averaging around €50k |
| Other / mixed regions | ~$35,000–$110,000 equivalent, depending heavily on country and currency (slice average just over $112k) |
*These are aggregates of listed bands, not offers. Treat them as “comfortable ballparks”, not promises.
Outside those buckets, ranges vary a lot by country and currency, but the pattern is consistent: solid base comp plus benefits and learning opportunities that matter more than squeezing out the last 5% of salary in your first role.
| Emoji | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 💼 | Full‑time role |
| 🎓 | New grad / early‑career friendly |
| 🌍 | Fully remote |
| 🏙️ | Onsite / hybrid |
| 🛂 | Visa sponsorship available (where stated) |
| 💻 | Generalist / product SWE |
| ⚙️ | Infra / systems / platform leaning |
| 📊 | Data / ML‑adjacent |
| 🧪 | Lots of experimentation / product iteration |
You’ll see these sprinkled into the cards below so you can skim quickly.
Five roles that look especially strong across mentorship, impact, clarity of level, and signal.
All application links route through Hirebase job pages, using the company and job slugs from the dataset.
- Location: San Jose, California, United States (🏙️)
- Stack: AngularJS, React, Vue, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
- Comp (listed): ~US$90,000 (annualized)
- Why it stands out: A front‑row seat on search + content discovery for one of the highest‑traffic consumer apps on the planet. You get to work on real‑time, user‑facing features in a stack that’s basically the playbook for modern front‑end engineering at scale.
- Apply: Apply
- Location: Remote – USA (🌍)
- Stack: Go, Ruby/Rails, React Native, Docker, AWS, MongoDB, Postgres
- Comp (listed): ~US$128,775–$151,500
- Why it stands out: A true new‑grad‑friendly full‑time seat on a production crypto platform. You get strong exposure to distributed systems, security, and financial infrastructure without giving up modern product tooling.
- Apply: Apply
- Location: Remote (US) (🌍)
- Stack: Django, Go, Python, React, React Native, TypeScript, Git, modern AI‑assisted tooling (Claude Code, Cursor)
- Comp (listed): Not listed; early‑stage fintech comp, plus strong learning upside
- Why it stands out: A small, focused personal finance product where engineers are very close to customers. You get to work across the stack and see how modern AI‑assisted workflows actually show up in day‑to‑day development.
- Apply: Apply
- Location: Remote – Canada (🌍)
- Stack: C, Python, Matlab/Simulink, test automation frameworks (Robot Framework, Gherkin), GitHub, Jenkins
- Comp (listed): ~CA$90,900–$136,400
- Why it stands out: You’re working at the intersection of embedded systems, safety, and vehicles, but in a role that’s still accessible to early‑career engineers. Perfect if you like the idea of your code influencing how real cars behave, not just how a web page renders.
- Apply: Apply
- Location: Ghent, Belgium (🏙️)
- Stack: C++, Qt/QML, CMake, Git
- Comp (listed): Not listed; European junior bands, plus strong mentorship
- Why it stands out: If you’re more into 3D, tooling, and simulation than pure web, this is a great fit. You’ll work on the software that underpins advanced manufacturing and 3D workflows, with a stack that’s unusually deep for a junior role.
- Apply: Apply
This week’s slice is packed with internships and junior roles that don’t feel like side quests. Instead of “here’s a one‑off script, good luck”, you’re seeing:
- Intern titles that sit directly on top of real product teams (search, payments, cloud infra, simulation).
- Early‑career roles plugged into stacks that look suspiciously like what senior engineers are using: Kubernetes, Terraform, real observability, and serious data pipelines.
A couple of practical takeaways if you’re aiming at this tier of internship/new‑grad work:
- Treat your internship applications like you’re applying to a real SWE job, because that’s increasingly what they are. Show that you can ship, test, and debug code in an environment with more than one service.
- Small signals go a long way: a repo with a clean README, basic CI, and a short design note often stands out more than a giant but messy codebase.
- Don’t be scared off by big brand names if the leveling still says intern, associate, or junior. The responsibilities are still scoped for early‑career engineers, and the mentorship is often better.
If you can point to two or three projects that feel like “mini versions” of the systems in these listings, you’re much closer than you think.
A curated set from the same 0–2 YOE, 14‑day slice. These aren’t exhaustive – they’re “this is actually worth opening in a tab and reading properly.”
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Cleobella – Software Engineering Internship 💼🎓💻🌍
Location: Telecommute; San Diego, CA, United States (🌍‑friendly)
Stack: Java, JavaScript, Python
Comp (listed): ~US$50,000–$60,000
Why it’s interesting: Classic generalist engineering internship with a simple, readable stack. Great if you’re still building confidence and want to spend your time on fundamentals rather than obscure tools. -
LAIKA Studios – Software Developer Intern 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Hillsboro, OR, United States (🏙️)
Stack: C++, Python, Node.js
Comp (listed): ~US$40,000 (annualized)
Why it’s interesting: If you’re drawn to animation, tooling, and pipelines, this gets you close to the engineering that supports high‑end film production, not just another CRUD app. -
Elsevier – Software Engineer Intern (Compass) 💼🎓💻📊
Location: Multi‑state US (PA, MA, FL, GA, NC, NY) (🏙️)
Stack: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AWS, Cypress, SQL
Comp (listed): ~US$56,000–$60,000
Why it’s interesting: A very production‑like internship with testing, observability, and cloud infra all in the mix. Great training ground for enterprise‑scale web apps. -
Seattle Kraken – Software Engineer Intern 💼🎓💻🧪
Location: Seattle, WA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, React Native, Swift
Comp (listed): ~US$45,000 (annualized)
Why it’s interesting: Sports + mobile + modern front‑end. Perfect if you like the idea of shipping features that fans actually touch on their phones. -
OpenAI – Software Engineer Systems Research Internship, Applied Emerging Talent 💼🎓⚙️📊
Location: San Francisco, CA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Systems‑heavy: C/C++, Rust, Python, distributed systems, compilers, databases, information retrieval, security & cryptography
Comp (listed): Not listed; extremely competitive for the right background
Why it’s interesting: If you’ve already pushed into systems + ML projects, this is about as frontier‑adjacent as internships get. -
Texas Capital – Associate Software Engineer 💼🎓💻
Location: Richardson, TX, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, SQL, HTML/CSS
Comp (listed): Not listed; full‑time early‑career band
Why it’s interesting: A clean Associate SWE role in fintech with a very approachable stack and lots of runway for growing into mid‑level. -
Teradyne – Software Engineer, New College Graduate 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Agoura Hills, CA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: C/C++, C#, Java, automation tooling
Comp (listed): ~US$73,100–$110,000
Why it’s interesting: A clearly labeled new college graduate role working on test and automation systems that sit close to hardware – great if you like the idea of touching the physical world. -
National Fuel Gas Company – AI Software Developer Intern 💼🎓📊
Location: Cranberry Township, PA; Houston, TX, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Python, C#, JavaScript, SQL Server, Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot‑style tooling
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: A very practical way to get into enterprise AI enablement – wiring together LLMs, internal tools, and data sources. -
Wing – Backend Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Palo Alto, CA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: C++, gRPC, Spanner
Comp (listed): ~US$122,000–$128,000 (annualized)
Why it’s interesting: Cutting‑edge autonomous delivery work with real distributed systems challenges baked in. -
Ciena – Intern, Software Developer 💼🎓💻🌍
Location: Remote across Brazil, Argentina, Mexico (🌍)
Stack: Java, Spring, SQL, Angular, Neo4j, REST APIs
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: Distributed, remote‑friendly intern role with a very “real” enterprise stack – ideal if you’re in LATAM and want international exposure. -
Arcadis – Junior Software Engineer 💼🎓💻
Location: United States (🏙️ / hybrid)
Stack: C#, .NET, Angular, React, SQL Server
Comp (listed): ~US$49,390–$79,023
Why it’s interesting: A grounded junior full‑stack role with clear pathways into mid‑level backend or front‑end specialization. -
Google – Software Engineer III, Database Internals (AlloyDB) 💼🎓⚙️📊
Location: Sunnyvale, CA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: C++, Go, Java, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Comp (listed): ~US$141,000–$202,000
Why it’s interesting: A big‑tech role leaning heavily into databases and storage internals. Ambitious for new grads, but a great target if you’ve gone deep on systems or database projects. -
Graphcore – Software Engineering Intern (Drivers) 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Cambridge, UK (🏙️)
Stack: C/C++, Python, Git, Jenkins
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: Hands‑on work with AI hardware and low‑level drivers, for folks who enjoy the metal‑adjacent side of ML. -
Cypress Creek Renewables – Software Engineering Intern 💼🎓💻🌍
Location: Durham, NC; DC; NYC; San Francisco, CA (🏙️)
Stack: Python, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS/Azure/GCP, CI/CD, DevOps
Comp (listed): ~US$50,000 (annualized)
Why it’s interesting: Energy + software, with a legitimately modern stack. Good fit if you care about climate and infra. -
Apex Fintech Solutions – Software Engineering Intern (Margins) 💼🎓💻📊
Location: Chicago, IL, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Java, PostgreSQL, SQL, gRPC, REST APIs
Comp (listed): Stipend noted as “50” in the source band (double‑check on the Hirebase page for current details)
Why it’s interesting: A narrow but important piece of fintech plumbing – great for people who like data integrity and transaction‑heavy systems. -
Sony Pictures Imageworks – Associate Software Engineer 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada (🏙️)
Stack: Linux, Python
Comp (listed): ~CA$62,000–$68,600
Why it’s interesting: A rare junior role in film/VFX tooling, giving you exposure to production‑grade pipelines and large render farms. -
Morningstar – Associate Software Engineer, Credit Tech 💼🎓📊
Location: Chicago, IL, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Python, Vue.js, SQL/NoSQL databases, AWS, AI‑assisted tooling
Comp (listed): ~US$70,825–$120,425
Why it’s interesting: Solid fintech + data role with a modern tooling story and lots of room to specialize in data‑heavy backend or platform work. -
WEX – Intern, Software Engineer 💼🎓📊🌍
Location: US – Remote (🌍)
Stack: Python, Java, Go, SQL, AWS/Azure/GCP, data warehouses, ELT, AI/ML
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: A chance to touch data platforms and ML‑adjacent systems in a payments context, without needing a graduate degree in ML. -
The Walt Disney Company – Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026) 💼🎓💻
Location: Lake Buena Vista, FL, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Java, Node, React, Angular
Comp (listed): ~US$84,000 (annualized)
Why it’s interesting: Consumer‑scale systems plus the “you actually get to tell people you work on Disney software” factor. -
Betfair Romania Development – Associate Software Engineer (Flutter UKI, Hybrid) 💼🎓💻
Location: Cluj‑Napoca, Romania (🏙️)
Stack: Java, React, Redux, Kafka, AWS, HTML/CSS
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: High‑traffic betting platform with a very modern web/backend stack, and a clear Associate entry point. -
eClinicalWorks – Intern, Software Engineer 💼🎓💻
Location: Westborough, MA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Java, Python, Angular, Spring, SQL Server
Comp (listed): ~US$46,000–$50,000
Why it’s interesting: Classic enterprise health‑tech stack with lots of room to practice API design, testing, and basic architecture. -
Innovative Defense Technologies (IDT) – Associate Software Engineer 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Arlington, VA; Remote, NJ, United States (🏙️ / 🌍 hybrid)
Stack: Java, C/C++, Python, Postgres, Kafka, AWS/Azure/GCP, distributed systems tooling
Comp (listed): ~US$72,000–$114,450
Why it’s interesting: Strong early‑career role in defense / mission‑critical systems, with plenty of exposure to distributed systems and performance work. -
Proofpoint – Software Engineer Intern 💼🎓💻
Location: Multiple US states (East + South) (🏙️)
Stack: Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Git
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: Security‑flavored intern role with a straightforward stack – good fit if you’re curious about email/security products but want to stay in generalist SWE land. -
Black Drop Biodrucker – Software Developer, Bioprinting Systems 💼🎓⚙️
Location: Darmstadt, Germany (🏙️)
Stack: C/C++, Java, JavaScript, networking (LAN, OPC‑UA)
Comp (listed): ~€40,000–€60,000
Why it’s interesting: Wildly specific domain – bioprinting systems – with a very classic embedded‑plus‑networking stack underneath. Great if you want a story that stands out in interviews. -
Sift – Software Engineering Intern 💼🎓💻📊
Location: San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA, United States (🏙️)
Stack: Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, React, Python, Terraform, Git/GitHub
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: Mature trust & safety product with modern infra, in a role where you’re close to both data and UI. -
Mastercard – Software Engineering Intern (Summer 2026, Singapore) 💼🎓📊
Location: Singapore (🏙️)
Stack: Java, C#, JavaScript, Python, SQL/NoSQL, modern deployment + git tooling
Comp (listed): Not listed
Why it’s interesting: A global‑scale payments company with a clear, structured intern program – great if you want fintech + international experience in one move.
Note: This section is intentionally curated, not exhaustive. The point is to surface a handful of roles that are clearly new‑grad‑friendly (or adjacent for strong 0–2 YOE candidates) and representative of the broader slice, not to dump every posting.
This README is a curated snapshot. Hirebase has the full firehose, and your filters can be a lot sharper than “new grad SWE”.
If you’re actively searching, a good starting point is:
👉 Explore New Grad SWE‑style roles (US, 0–2 YOE, last 14 days):
https://www.hirebase.org/search?job_title=Software+Engineer&advanced=true&yoe_min=0&yoe_max=2&date_posted=14&location=United+States&geo_location=[{"city":null,"region":null,"country":"United+States","value":"United+States","label":"United+States","emoji":"🇺🇸"}]
Want something a bit broader or more experimental?
- Simple keyword search for new grad SWE across regions:
https://www.hirebase.org/search?q=new+grad+software+engineer
From there you can:
- Filter by tech stack (Python, Go, React, etc.),
- Narrow by location / remote / hybrid,
- Adjust experience bands as you grow beyond pure new grad.
Most job boards drop you into an endless scroll of half‑finished descriptions and mystery titles. You spend more time reading than actually preparing, and it’s weirdly hard to answer a basic question like: “who is seriously hiring people like me, right now?”
Hirebase tries to push that work closer to the machine. It tracks the broader job market, scrapes and understands millions of postings, and then lets you slice by the things that actually matter: level, stack, location, compensation ranges, company type.
For new grads, that means you can spend less energy hunting for “maybe this is junior?” roles and more time on the parts you control: projects, practice, and thoughtful applications.
This repo is just one narrow lens – New Grad SWE – so you always have a clean place to start. The rest of the graph lives over on Hirebase.