A growing wave of layoffs could sweep Silicon Valley, but the hottest job on the market right now is in tech: full-stack developer.
Full-stack developers have earned the top spot in Indeed’s annual «Best Jobs» ranking in the US, thanks to a strong 10-year outlook and growing demand for these skilled professionals across multiple industries. Indeed also assessed salary and percentage of remote/hybrid job opportunities, among other criteria.
Not only does this job pay well — the average full-stack developer salary is $129,637, according to Indeed research — but it also offers great flexibility in the workplace. At least 50% of full-stack developer listings on Indeed’s database have remote or hybrid options.
The demand for full-stack developers, whose primary responsibilities include building the front-end and back-end of a website or application, writing code, and maintaining the software, has transcended the industry. technology in recent months.
“We see the highest job availability and opportunity for full stack developers, almost twice as much as any other role on this list,” says Indeed Career Expert Kristen Shah. “At the end of the day, every business today is a technology business – and full-stack developers possess a unique skill set that can benefit businesses beyond the tech industry.”
Healthcare, education, finance, e-commerce, and government, all of which need full-stack developers to bolster their businesses’ online presence, are just a few of the industries hiring for these jobs «like crazy,» according to Megan Slabinski, a Seattle-based tech jobs expert at Robert Half.
What sets full-stack developers apart from other tech talent, says Slabinski, is that the job title has become a «catch-all phrase» companies use when merging multiple roles, such as frontend developer, backend and application support. specialist, in one.
«Increasingly, companies are hiring full-stack developers to downsize their general application, development, or web teams,» she adds. «They have a deep understanding of web applications – they can be versatile and work on a wide variety of projects, and can often find creative solutions to technical problems.»
While the pace and prevalence of digital transformation has steadily increased over the past decade, the Covid-19 pandemic «spilled gas on traditional business models of organization and accelerated this trend. — as well as the need for technologists, like full-stack developers — to keep up with this transformation,” says Slabinski.
You can become a full-stack developer without a college degree.
Most hiring managers prioritize technical expertise over education, Slabinski says, looking for skills like writing code, using programming languages like Python or Javascript, and designing software. applications or websites, on your CV.
If you want to learn basic technical skills, you can build your expertise through online courses, coding bootcamps, or certificate programs.
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