# Companies using DeepSeek

2,433 companies use DeepSeek, based on their job posts and their employees' public profiles. Hiring for it is growing, with 849 job posts naming it from October 2025 to August 2026. AI Engineer is the role that names it most often.

Data as of November 9, 2026. Source: Sumble.

## Which companies name DeepSeek in the most job posts?

The five companies with the most job posts naming DeepSeek are Microsoft, DEINSA GLOBAL, Mastercard, Futu Holdings Limited and AMD. Microsoft is the newest of the five companies in the table, with its first job post naming it in June 2025.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [Microsoft](https://sumble.com/orgs/microsoft) | 31 | 7 | "This team owns the hosting, optimization, and scaling the inference stack for all the Azure AI Foundary models including the latest and greatest from OpenAI, Grok, DeepSeek, and other OSS models." (Software Engineer 2, Mar 24, 2026) |
| [DEINSA GLOBAL](https://sumble.com/orgs/deinsa) | 29 | 0 | "…de herramientas de inteligencia artificial Chat GPT, Claude, Deep Seek u otras afines…" (work internship / media strategy, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Mastercard](https://sumble.com/orgs/mastercard) | 27 | 1 | "Developed tools with open source LLM models (e.g., Deepseek, Liama)." (AI Strategy and Transformation Consultant/ Director (Advisors & Consulting Services), Jul 21, 2026) |
| [Futu Holdings Limited](https://sumble.com/orgs/futu-holdings) | 22 | 0 | "Familiarity with emerging technologies including AI applications like ChatGPT and DeepSeek" (Fresh Grad Hire - Financial Product Manager (Trading & Risk Control), Dec 7, 2025) |
| [AMD](https://sumble.com/orgs/amd) | 20 | 1 | "Model & Architecture Optimization: Adapt and optimize LLM architectures (e.g., Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek) and apply advanced techniques like FlashAttention, PagedAttention, and quantization." (GPU Kernel Performance Engineer, Nov 1, 2026) |

## Is hiring for DeepSeek growing?

Hiring for DeepSeek is growing. 0.51 in every 10,000 job posts named it from June to August 2026, against 0.46 from March to May. August 2026 was its highest month since October 2025, at 0.62.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 54 | 1,413,673 | 0.38 |
| Nov 2025 | 78 | 1,822,119 | 0.43 |
| Dec 2025 | 45 | 1,236,103 | 0.36 |
| Jan 2026 | 71 | 1,828,002 | 0.39 |
| Feb 2026 | 69 | 1,856,647 | 0.37 |
| Mar 2026 | 98 | 1,850,711 | 0.53 |
| Apr 2026 | 80 | 1,728,886 | 0.46 |
| May 2026 | 68 | 1,821,509 | 0.37 |
| Jun 2026 | 82 | 1,909,496 | 0.43 |
| Jul 2026 | 90 | 1,815,180 | 0.50 |
| Aug 2026 | 114 | 1,835,698 | 0.62 |

## How many companies named DeepSeek in a job post for the first time in recent months?

In the three months to August 2026, 103 companies posted about DeepSeek for the first time. From March to May, 95 did. Over the 11 months from October 2025, 323 companies posted their first job naming it.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 95 |
| June to August 2026 | 103 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 323 |

Companies whose first job post naming it appeared in that period. Recruiters, staffing firms and job boards are left out.

## How do we know which companies use DeepSeek?

65% of the companies here are known from employees' profiles alone, and 35% name DeepSeek in their own job posts. 62 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name DeepSeek | 861 | 35% |
| Employees' profiles list DeepSeek | 1,572 | 65% |

## What size are the companies that use DeepSeek?

Smaller companies stand out among DeepSeek users: companies with fewer than 50 employees are 32% of them, against 22% on the typical tech page. 434 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 32% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 37% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 13% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 18% | 23% |

## Where are DeepSeek companies based?

China is 6.8 times as common among DeepSeek companies as on the typical tech page, at 3.3%. The United States leads overall with 31%. India is second, at 12%.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 716 | 31% | 43% |
| India | 282 | 12% | 6.9% |
| Brazil | 125 | 5.4% | 2.8% |
| United Kingdom | 106 | 4.6% | 6.4% |
| France | 80 | 3.4% | 4.6% |
| China | 76 | 3.3% | 0.48% |

## Which teams work with DeepSeek?

Job posts naming DeepSeek point to engineering teams most often, at 6 companies.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| Engineering | 6 |
| AI | 4 |
| Data analysis | 4 |
| Marketing | 4 |
| AI research | 3 |
| Data science | 3 |

## Which roles mention DeepSeek most?

DeepSeek shows up across many roles. The top one, AI Engineer, has 28% of the job posts. Software Engineer is second, at 9.9%.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| AI Engineer | 28% | 241 | 70 | 86 |
| Software Engineer | 9.9% | 84 | 24 | 19 |
| Machine Learning | 3.1% | 26 | 7 | 7 |
| Solutions Architect | 2.4% | 20 | 6 | 7 |
| Marketing | 2.2% | 19 | 11 | 6 |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 1.8% | 15 | 3 | 8 |

## Which companies started naming DeepSeek in job posts recently?

Between April and August 2026, DeepSeek appeared for the first time in job posts at 104 companies: 48 commercial, 24 mid-market and 32 enterprise. NCS Group has the most job posts of the new enterprise companies, 11 from April to August.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| Commercial | [UAES](https://sumble.com/orgs/uaes) | 9 |
| Commercial | [Pinduoduo](https://sumble.com/orgs/上海寻梦) | 8 |
| Commercial | [China Entercom](https://sumble.com/orgs/china-entercom) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Istekki Oy](https://sumble.com/orgs/istekki-oy) | 3 |
| Commercial | [4399游戏](https://sumble.com/orgs/4399-com) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions HU](https://sumble.com/orgs/the-it-solutions) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Cyncly](https://sumble.com/orgs/cyncly-brasil) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [d-Core Network](https://sumble.com/orgs/d-core-network) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [GyanSys Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/gyansys) | 2 |
| Mid-market | [Exprivia](https://sumble.com/orgs/exprivia) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [NCS Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/ncs-58f32852) | 11 |
| Enterprise | [Deutsche Telekom](https://sumble.com/orgs/deutsche-telekom) | 8 |
| Enterprise | [Infosys](https://sumble.com/orgs/infosys) | 6 |
| Enterprise | [HP](https://sumble.com/orgs/hp) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [UST](https://sumble.com/orgs/ust-2) | 2 |

Companies that named DeepSeek in a job post for the first time between April and August 2026, ranked by their job posts in those months. AI-native companies get a group of their own, whatever their size. Recruiters and job boards are left out.

## What else do DeepSeek companies use?

21% of DeepSeek companies also use Qwen, against 0.1% of similar companies. Among the tools listed here, Meta Llama is the most widely used, at 36% of DeepSeek companies.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Qwen | 142 | 21% | 0.1% | 204 times |
| dify | 37 | 5.5% | 0.08% | 71 times |
| SGLang | 43 | 6.4% | 0.1% | 65 times |
| ollama | 59 | 8.8% | 0.21% | 43 times |
| Meta Llama | 241 | 36% | 0.85% | 42 times |
| Mistral | 136 | 20% | 0.5% | 41 times |
| DeepSpeed | 37 | 5.5% | 0.14% | 38 times |
| vLLM | 102 | 15% | 0.44% | 35 times |

Shares are out of the 668 companies whose job posts name DeepSeek, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

## Which project themes come up in DeepSeek job posts?

687 job posts naming DeepSeek describe Generative AI work. Broad digital transformation work shows up in 169 of its job posts; after that comes Cloud Cost Optimization, with 25.

| Project theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Generative AI | 687 |
| Digital Transformation | 169 |
| Cloud Cost Optimization | 25 |
| Microservices Migration | 17 |

## About this data

Sumble built this page. Sumble gives sales, marketing and other GTM teams technographics and hiring signals for the companies they sell to: the technologies each company uses, which teams are hiring and for what, and who reports to whom. That helps a team know who to contact, why now, and what to say.

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