Mike Carter
Hiring a Head of AI or Chief AI Officer in 2026 starts with one decision made before the search: fix the mandate, the budget, and the reporting line, then match the title to the altitude you actually need. Get that order wrong and you buy a $400K figurehead with a great LinkedIn and no authority … Read more
Hiring a DevOps engineer in 2026 starts with defining which version of the role you actually need, then budgeting roughly $120K to $200K, sourcing for cloud and infrastructure-as-code depth, and running a hands-on interview loop instead of a coding quiz. Most strong direct hires close in four to eight weeks. That sentence hides a lot … Read more
HubSpot Layoffs 2026: SaaS Engineering Talent Lands Where HubSpot has not run a mass layoff in 2026. Its big cut was January 2023, when it let go of about 500 people, 7 percent of staff. Today it is hiring. What is actually moving senior HubSpot engineers into the market is quieter: an AI-leaner headcount posture, … Read more
Spotify Layoffs 2026: Audio/Streaming Engineering Map Spotify has not filed a 2026 mass layoff, but an early-2026 podcast cut, the agentic-AI shift toward fewer hands-on coders, and leftover attrition from the 2023 reductions keep pushing senior audio and streaming engineers into the market. Their resumes split into six skill profiles. Apple, Netflix, YouTube Music, Amazon, … Read more
By Mike Carter Hiring an AI product manager in 2026 means choosing between a PM who ships with an LLM and one who scopes a model program, then budgeting $165K to $238K base. Total comp runs $244K to $390K at the 25th to 75th percentiles. A four-step loop grades evaluation fluency, data instincts, and the … Read more
Adobe Layoffs 2026: Creative Software Engineering Map Adobe has not filed a 2026 mass-layoff notice, but rolling PIPs and selective re-orgs across Creative Cloud, Substance 3D, Frame.io, and Document Cloud are pushing 200 to 400 creative software engineers into the open market per quarter. Most resumes split into six skill profiles. Figma, Canva, Runway, Black … Read more
Coinbase Layoffs 2026: Crypto Engineering Talent Lands Where Coinbase cut roughly 700 employees on May 5, 2026, about 14 percent of headcount, in CEO Brian Armstrong’s AI-native restructuring. Engineering took a meaningful share of the cut, and the senior crypto IC pool is now the most movable it has been since the 2022 collapse. Three … Read more
Reddit Layoffs 2026: Engineering & Trust/Safety Hiring Impact Reddit has not announced any layoffs in 2026. The company added 32 net hires in Q1 2026 on top of nearly 70 in Q4 2025, ending December 31, 2025 at 2,555 employees, up 14 percent year over year. CEO Steve Huffman is going the opposite direction from … Read more
PayPal Layoffs 2026: Fintech Engineering Talent Map PayPal CEO Enrique Lores announced on May 5, 2026 that the company will cut roughly 4,760 jobs, about 20 percent of headcount, over two to three years to reach $1.5 billion in run-rate savings. Engineering is the largest single function inside that cut, and the resulting senior fintech … Read more
Shopify Layoffs 2026: Ecommerce Engineering Hiring Window Shopify cut roughly 3,000 employees across two layoff rounds in 2022 and 2023, then froze net hiring under Tobi Lütke’s April 2025 AI-before-headcount memo, and 2026 has produced no fresh mass announcement. The talent leaving Shopify now is leaking out the side door, not getting marched out the … Read more
