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Lusha Dataset: 12,000+ U.S. companies expanding their engineering teams

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Engineering hiring is a strong sign that a company is investing in new products, infrastructure, technical capacity, or digital transformation. Growing technical teams often create demand for developer tools, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data platforms, recruiting, and workforce technology.

This dataset covers U.S.-headquartered companies in Lusha’s 51–500 employee bands showing a recent surge in engineering and technical hiring, verified and continuously updated. Whether you’re selling to technology leaders or helping companies recruit technical talent, it helps you find organizations already investing in their engineering capacity.

What you’ll get back — live company sample

Zaxxxs

Atlanta, GA · 201–500 employee band · Restaurants and food services

Paxxxred Chef

Addison, IL · 201–500 employee band · Retail and consumer products

Coxxxrt Keepers

Irvine, CA · 201–500 employee band · Home healthcare services

BexxxrHelp

Mountain View, CA · 201–500 employee band · Digital healthcare

Buxxxowd

San Francisco, CA · 201–500 employee band · Cybersecurity

Real companies from the Lusha API, July 2026. 12,360 total companies matched this exact search.

Use cases

1

Developer tools and engineering software

Companies expanding technical teams may need new tools for development, testing, deployment, observability, collaboration, and code security. Use this audience to find engineering organizations growing beyond their existing workflows.

2

Cloud, data, and infrastructure

Technical hiring can indicate increased demand for cloud capacity, databases, data pipelines, infrastructure automation, integration, and platform engineering.

3

Technical recruiting

Recruiting firms and talent platforms can identify companies with immediate demand for software engineers, data specialists, security professionals, product engineers, and technical leaders.

4

Cybersecurity and compliance

More engineers, systems, and product releases create additional security and governance requirements. This audience is a strong fit for application security, access management, cloud security, and compliance platforms.

How to access this data set

1

In Claude or ChatGPT

With the Lusha connector enabled, ask: “Find U.S. companies with 51–500 employees showing a recent surge in engineering and technical hiring. Give me the CTOs and VPs of Engineering with verified emails.”

2

Via the Lusha API

Use prospecting_company_search with locations: [{"country": "United States"}], sizesFilterOption: [{"min": 51, "max": 200}, {"min": 201, "max": 500}], and signals: {"names": ["surgeInHiringByDepartment"], "filterByDepartment": [{"department": "Engineering & Technical", "startDate": "2026-01-28"}]}.

FAQ

  • An engineering hiring surge indicates increased hiring activity within a company’s engineering and technical departments. It can signal investment in product development, infrastructure, data, security, or broader digital initiatives.

  • This dataset covers engineering and technical hiring activity detected during the previous six months. Results are continuously updated as new signals become available.

  • The dataset includes U.S.-headquartered companies in Lusha’s 51–200 and 201–500 employee bands.

  • No. The dataset includes companies across healthcare, hospitality, retail, business services, cybersecurity, technology, and other industries. Many non-software companies now operate substantial internal engineering and technology teams.

  • Yes. Add Software Development or another relevant sub-industry to focus only on software businesses. You can also filter by location, revenue, employee count, technology, or additional company signals.

  • Depending on your use case, you can search for:

    • Chief Technology Officer
    • Chief Information Officer
    • VP of Engineering
    • Head of Engineering
    • VP of Infrastructure
    • Head of Data
    • Chief Information Security Officer
    • VP of Product
    • Head of Technical Recruiting

  • Yes. Lusha supports department-level hiring signals for teams including sales, marketing, product, information technology, finance, operations, human resources, and customer service.

  • Not necessarily. It is a timing and prioritization signal rather than confirmation of an active purchase. Combine it with company size, technologies, IT spend, funding, and relevant decision-maker data to prioritize outreach.

  • Yes. After finding matching companies, use Lusha to identify relevant technology and engineering leaders and reveal available verified business emails and phone numbers.

  • Lusha provides business data in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements. Visit the Lusha Trust Center for more information about privacy, compliance, and data practices.

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