[svilen_dobrev]

Not really. Searching "staff software" there yields 4 jobs, and the datadog one is lingering on Linkedin for 3+ months already.

i am scanning since September... in January there was some uptick, but February is going nuts, especially last 2 weeks, nearing zero.

Here some stats of my search (around staff, principal, CTO, tech.lead, ..):

   month: maybe >applied +-interview -rejects ..the rest did not respond
   2024.8:  15 >10 +-1 -3
   2024.9:  35 >15 +-2 -5
   2024.10: 45 >25 +-2 -8
   2024.11: 50 >30 +-6 -6
   2024.12: 60 >25 +-3 -4
   2025.01: 80 >40 +-5 -20
   2025.02: 45 >25 +-0 -8

   ~~where-approximately~~:
   local-local:   5%      where i live
   local-onsite:  25%     elsewhere in same country
   local-remote:  20%
   abroad-onsite: 30%
   abroad-remote: 20%

   ~~source-listing~~:
   linkedin: 40%
   news.ycombinator: 30%
   local-job-boards: 26%
   python.org: 1%