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How long do entry level jobs stay open? 6 in 10 disappear within 60 days

Across 3,796 postings for entry level candidates tracked by Hotfix, 59.9% disappeared from the employer's ATS within 60 days. Remote openings moved fastest, and internships do not explain the result.

7 min readEntry-level tech
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Remote tech jobs in 2026: one in three postings is still fully remote

Across 20,350 tech jobs posted to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and Rippling in the last 60 days, remote, hybrid, and onsite roles split 34%, 34%, and 32%. Return-to-office headlines describe real employers. They do not describe the whole market.

7 min readRemote work
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AI Search is live on Hotfix

Type the role the way you'd describe it. Hotfix parses it into filters, searches the live board, and lets you refine until the list is right.

2 min readAnnouncement
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Do remote jobs pay less? Yes, 13% less, and remote work isn't the reason

Remote engineering jobs advertise about 13% below onsite ones. Sort tech employers by what they pay and the reason shows up immediately: the lowest-paying quarter post half their roles remote, the highest-paying quarter post under a third. Inside any one company, remote and onsite pay the same to within a couple of percent.

6 min readRemote work
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What it means when a job is reposted: data from 2,190 recycled jobs

We tracked 2,190 tech jobs that were removed and reposted with a fresh date over 11 weeks. The median repost made the job look 53 days newer than the search really is. Here is what a repost actually signals, and how to treat one.

8 min readGhost jobs
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AI engineer salaries in 2026 carry a 6% to 11% premium

AI-related engineering jobs advertise higher salaries at every major career level, with a 6% to 11% premium over other engineering roles.

7 min readSalary trends
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Only 1 in 10 tech engineering jobs is entry-level

Across 9,338 tech engineering jobs posted to Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby and other supported ATSes since February 28, 2026, just 11% are open to entry-level engineers. Senior, staff, and principal jobs outnumber entry-level ones more than 5 to 1. Of 224 high-volume tech employers in our index, 28% posted zero entry-level jobs at all.

13 min readEntry-level tech
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One in three tech jobs is still up 60 days after posting

Across 13,434 tech jobs from Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and other ATSes, one in three was still live 60 days after posting and one in eight was still live after 90 days. The worst concentrations: hardware engineering, AI-adjacent roles, and onsite work.

12 min readGhost jobs
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Welcome to Hotfix Blog

Data analysis from the same job dataset that powers Hotfix, published in the open.

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