How many Go developers are in Austin?
Go accounts for 7% of the developers StarHunt indexes in Austin, against 6.1% across the United States.
3.3% of the Go developers we place in the United States are in Austin, a city that holds 2.9% of the country's developers overall.
Austin is 1.2x more specialized in Go than the national average.
These figures cover GitHub developers whose public profile places them in the Austin area and whose repositories show Go. StarHunt indexes active, public profiles only, so read them as a floor rather than a census.
Austin against the rest of the United States
Node.js shows up in 15% of Go profiles in Austin, 1.7x the national rate. Worth naming in the job description.
Austin ranks #7 of the 11 cities we track in the United States for Go, behind San Francisco.
Of the 23 languages and frameworks we track in Austin, Go ranks #7 by number of developers.
What Go developers in Austin also work with
Read the two columns together: a technology far more common here than nationally is a requirement Austin can meet.
| Technology | Austin | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | 28% | 24% |
| Node.js | 15% | 8.7% |
| AWS | 13% | 16% |
| TypeScript | 11% | 9.6% |
| Python | 9.9% | 13% |
| C++ | 7.4% | 2.7% |
Who employs Go developers in Austin
As stated by the developers themselves on GitHub, most represented first.
| # | Company |
|---|---|
| 1 | hashicorp |
| 2 | ibm |
| 3 | Red Hat |
What Go developers in Austin build
Their own repositories, not the projects they contribute to.
| # | Repository | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | robfig/cron | ★ 14,194 |
| 2 | sherifabdlnaby/elastdocker | ★ 2,067 |
| 3 | iMerica/dj-rest-auth | ★ 1,874 |
How to approach a Go search in Austin
- Widen early. Austin accounts for 3.3% of Go developers in the United States, so a city-only search leaves most candidates out.
- Ask for Node.js as well: 15% of Go profiles in Austin show it, well above the national 8.7%.
- Filter on the open-to-work flag first: 19% have it on, and they are the fastest replies you will get.
Frequently asked questions
How many Go developers are in Austin?
We report shares rather than a raw count below 5,000 profiles, because a small number says less than where the pool sits: Go is 7% of Austin developers in our index (6.1% nationally), and Austin holds 3.3% of the Go developers we place in the United States.
Can you contact Go developers in Austin directly?
36% list a public email on GitHub, against 42% for Go developers across the United States. 19% have also flagged themselves as open to work.
Which skills are more common among Go developers in Austin than elsewhere in the United States?
Node.js: 15% of Go profiles in Austin, against 8.7% nationally.
Are Go developers in Austin active on GitHub?
55% pushed code in the last 90 days, against 60% for Go across the United States.
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