# Companies using gdb

We found 6,612 companies that use gdb. 2,908 of them name it in their own job posts, and the rest through employees' public profiles. Its share of job posts held steady in the three months to August 2026; 4,677 job posts named it from October 2025 to August 2026. Software Engineer is the role that names it most often.

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

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

NVIDIA has posted more jobs naming gdb than any other company: 612. Of the five companies in the table, Qualcomm has the most employees who list it on their profiles: 199.

| Company | Job posts | People | Recent job post |
|---|---:|---:|---|
| [NVIDIA](https://sumble.com/orgs/nvidia) | 612 | 159 | "Strong debugging and analytical skills, with experience using tools such as GDB, KGDB, ftrace or perf to investigate complex kernel and system issues." (Senior Software Engineer, Virtualization and Linux Kernel, Oct 27, 2026) |
| [Qualcomm](https://sumble.com/orgs/qualcomm) | 459 | 199 | "Embedded FW and/or Kernel level development and debugging skills (C/C++, Makefile, gdb, uboot, uefi, kernel-mode drivers)" (GPU Design Verification Engineer, Nov 7, 2026) |
| [Apple](https://sumble.com/orgs/apple) | 405 | 137 | "Hands-on experience in using debugging tools such as gdb, lldb, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers." (Embedded Software Engineer - Biophotonics, Oct 16, 2026) |
| [Ciena](https://sumble.com/orgs/ciena) | 296 | 42 | "Design and development tools such as Git, Eclipse, JIRA, Confluence, GDB, Yocto" (WaveLogic Software Intern (Summer 2027), Oct 22, 2026) |
| [Cisco](https://sumble.com/orgs/cisco-systems) | 294 | 187 | "Proficiency with Linux kernel debugging tools (GDB, KGDB) and advanced software troubleshooting." (Software Engineering Technical Leader - Embedded Systems, Nov 5, 2026) |

## Is hiring for gdb growing?

Gdb's share of job posts is about the same as three months earlier: 2.3 in every 10,000 job posts from June to August 2026, against 2.5 from March to May. From October to December 2025 it was 2.3.

| Month | Job posts naming it | All job posts | Per 10,000 job posts |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| Oct 2025 | 260 | 1,413,673 | 1.8 |
| Nov 2025 | 463 | 1,822,119 | 2.5 |
| Dec 2025 | 286 | 1,236,103 | 2.3 |
| Jan 2026 | 536 | 1,828,002 | 2.9 |
| Feb 2026 | 494 | 1,856,647 | 2.7 |
| Mar 2026 | 446 | 1,850,711 | 2.4 |
| Apr 2026 | 475 | 1,728,886 | 2.7 |
| May 2026 | 444 | 1,821,509 | 2.4 |
| Jun 2026 | 461 | 1,909,496 | 2.4 |
| Jul 2026 | 421 | 1,815,180 | 2.3 |
| Aug 2026 | 391 | 1,835,698 | 2.1 |

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

Gdb showed up in job posts at 156 companies for the first time from June to August 2026, and 141 in the three months before. Of the 2,908 companies whose job posts name it, 5.4% first named it from June to August.

| Period | Companies naming it in a job post for the first time |
|---|---:|
| March to May 2026 | 141 |
| June to August 2026 | 156 |
| October 2025 to August 2026 | 514 |

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 gdb?

Employees' profiles add 3,704 companies to the 2,908 that name gdb in job posts. 737 show up in both job posts and employees' profiles.

| How we know | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| Job posts name gdb | 2,908 | 44% |
| Employees' profiles list gdb | 3,704 | 56% |

## What size are the companies that use gdb?

43% of gdb users are companies with 50 to 999 employees, the largest size group. 1,015 of its companies have more than 5,000 employees.

| Size | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|
| Under 50 employees | 25% | 22% |
| 50 to 999 | 43% | 38% |
| 1,000 to 5,000 | 16% | 17% |
| Over 5,000 | 15% | 23% |

## Where are gdb companies based?

The United States and India have the most gdb companies, at 46% and 9%. Its companies are based in 96 countries and territories.

| Country | Companies | Share | Typical tech page |
|---|---:|---:|---:|
| United States | 2,883 | 46% | 43% |
| India | 562 | 9% | 6.9% |
| France | 319 | 5.1% | 4.6% |
| United Kingdom | 282 | 4.5% | 6.4% |
| Germany | 265 | 4.2% | 4.4% |
| Canada | 218 | 3.5% | 3.6% |

## Which teams work with gdb?

Job posts most often place gdb with R&D, engineering and software teams. Software engineering teams come fourth, at 19 companies.

| Team | Companies |
|---|---:|
| R&D | 53 |
| Engineering | 43 |
| Software | 21 |
| Software engineering | 19 |
| Firmware | 14 |
| Development | 13 |

## Which roles mention gdb most?

Software Engineer is the most common role, in 35% of job posts naming gdb. Software Engineer posts naming it numbered 428 from March to May 2026 and 419 from June to August.

| Role | Share | Oct 2025 to Aug 2026 | Mar to May 2026 | Jun to Aug 2026 |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| Software Engineer | 35% | 1,617 | 428 | 419 |
| Embedded Engineer | 12% | 555 | 173 | 150 |
| Firmware Engineer | 9.6% | 451 | 131 | 135 |
| Hardware Engineer | 2.6% | 122 | 28 | 28 |
| Compliance | 2.5% | 119 | 38 | 26 |
| Software Development Engineer in Test | 2.3% | 108 | 29 | 17 |

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

Between April and August 2026, gdb appeared for the first time in job posts at 165 companies: 111 commercial, 33 mid-market and 21 enterprise. Among the new mid-market companies, WNC Corporation posted the most jobs naming it: 13.

| Group | Company | Job posts, April to August 2026 |
|---|---|---:|
| AI native | [OpenAI](https://sumble.com/orgs/openai) | 1 |
| AI native | [Sanctuary AI](https://sumble.com/orgs/sanctuary-ai) | 1 |
| AI native | [Foundation](https://sumble.com/orgs/foundation-bot) | 1 |
| AI native | [Tycho.AI](https://sumble.com/orgs/tycho-ai) | 1 |
| AI native | [Hire22.ai](https://sumble.com/orgs/hire22) | 1 |
| Commercial | [SARACA](https://sumble.com/orgs/saraca-solutions) | 5 |
| Commercial | [Canaan Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/canaan-creative-global) | 5 |
| Commercial | [Beijing Venustech Inc.](https://sumble.com/orgs/beijing-venustech) | 4 |
| Commercial | [Viettel High Tech](https://sumble.com/orgs/viettel-high-tech) | 3 |
| Commercial | [Swasti](https://sumble.com/orgs/swasti-health-catalyst) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [WNC Corporation](https://sumble.com/orgs/w-neweb) | 13 |
| Mid-market | [MED-EL](https://sumble.com/orgs/med-el) | 4 |
| Mid-market | [Georgia Tech Research Institute](https://sumble.com/orgs/georgia-tech-research-institute) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [NETGEAR](https://sumble.com/orgs/netgear) | 3 |
| Mid-market | [Zayo Group](https://sumble.com/orgs/zayo-group) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [GlobalFoundries](https://sumble.com/orgs/globalfoundries) | 5 |
| Enterprise | [L'Oréal](https://sumble.com/orgs/l-oreal) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Baker Hughes](https://sumble.com/orgs/baker-hughes) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [LG Electronics](https://sumble.com/orgs/lg-electronics) | 2 |
| Enterprise | [Penn State University](https://sumble.com/orgs/penn-state-university) | 2 |

Companies that named gdb 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 gdb companies use?

5.6% of gdb companies also use lldb, against 0.04% of similar companies. Among the tools listed here, Buildroot is the most widely used, at 15% of gdb companies.

| Tool | Companies | Also name it | Typical | Times as common |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| lldb | 102 | 5.6% | 0.04% | 128 times |
| WinDbg | 198 | 11% | 0.11% | 97 times |
| Ghidra | 209 | 11% | 0.16% | 70 times |
| IDA Pro | 180 | 9.9% | 0.15% | 64 times |
| Buildroot | 275 | 15% | 0.24% | 64 times |
| MIPS | 116 | 6.4% | 0.13% | 51 times |
| VxWorks | 199 | 11% | 0.22% | 50 times |
| RISC-V | 175 | 9.6% | 0.19% | 50 times |

Shares are out of the 1,821 companies whose job posts name gdb, not counting firms whose job posts name almost every technology.

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

After broad digital transformation work, teams hiring for gdb most often mention Microservices Migration, in 63 job posts. Data Infrastructure Migration is next, in 34 job posts.

| Project theme | Job posts |
|---|---:|
| Digital Transformation | 556 |
| Microservices Migration | 63 |
| Data Infrastructure Migration | 34 |
| Cloud Migration | 14 |

## 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.

Sumble covers more than 3.6 million companies, 93 million job posts collected since 2022 and 194 million employee profiles, and tracks more than 37,000 technologies. It finds which technologies a company uses by reading its job posts and its employees' public profiles.

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