§ 01 · Hiring trends

E-commerce & Retail

Marketplaces, retail tech, and the consumer commerce stack.

Over the Jan 04 to May 17 window, E-commerce & Retail carried 3661 postings from 166 unique companies, with the verdict steady at growth of ~+2% between halves. Many postings carry both constituent tags, so the constituent shares above sum to ~124% rather than 100%.

Constituent tags
#TagPostingsShare
01E-commerce Marketplaces3067
02Retail1461
OverviewWindow
WindowJan 04May 17
Total postings3,661
Unique companies166
Track summary
First-half count1,810
Second-half count1,851
Growth~+2%
Peak weekJan 18 · 339
Verdictsteady
Fig. 01 · Weekly postings20 weeks · n=3,661
Jan 04Jan 11Jan 18Jan 25Feb 01Feb 08Feb 15Feb 22Mar 01Mar 08Mar 15Mar 22Mar 29Apr 05Apr 12Apr 19Apr 26May 03May 10May 17
Peak week highlighted in accent. Weekly posting counts, ranked by week.
Key takeaway

Hiring is steady at ~+2% between halves, peaking at Jan 18.

§ 02

E-commerce & Retail

Backend Development leads at ~26%, followed by Fullstack Development at ~12% and Domain-Specific Development at ~8%. Others account for ~26%.

Profile distribution — share of postings by profile. 7 profiles tracked.
RankProfilePostingsShare
1Backend Development943~26%
2Fullstack Development448~12%
3Domain-Specific Development293~8%
4AI & LLM Applications281~8%
5DevOps & Platform Engineering276~8%
6Systems & Embedded Engineering261~7%
7Generalist Software Engineer208~6%
Others (aggregate of remaining roles)942~26%
Key takeaway

Backend Development is the dominant profile at ~26% of E-commerce & Retail postings.

§ 03 · Fresher accessibility

E-commerce & Retail

Commentary

E-commerce & Retail runs roughly in line with the market average, with about 9% of postings at entry or junior seniority. The market baseline sits at about 8%, so the fresher pipeline on this industry mirrors broader hiring.

Key takeaway

Roughly in line with the market at about 9% entry or junior postings.

§ 04 · Company class distribution

E-commerce & Retail

E-commerce & Retail hiring is established-firm-dominated: More Established at ~88% and Funded Startups at ~5% lead the mix.

#ClassShare of postings 0–100%ShareCompaniesTop companies
01Lala Companies
negligible7 cos.Glood.AI · Book An Artist · LOVOJ
02Early-Stage Startups
negligible4 cos.LimeChat · Whatmore · Palmonas
03Funded Startups
~5%14 cos.myGwork · Wishlink · SuperProcure
04Soonicorns
~3%12 cos.Priceline · Headout · ACV Auctions
05Unicorns
~3%9 cos.PDI Technologies · Fanatics · Quince
06More Established
~88%111 cos.
Key takeaway

More Established account for ~88% of E-commerce & Retail postings.

§ 05 · City distribution

E-commerce & Retail

E-commerce & Retail hiring is led by Bangalore at ~62% of postings. Pune under-indexes notably relative to its national share at ~5% of the industry's postings.

Key takeaway

Bangalore dominates at ~62%, with Pune notably under-indexing.