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102 titles · 9,340 open roles

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1Deployment StrategistThe non-engineering half of a forward deployed team: scopes the customer problem and runs the deployment.Emerging0.1% of postsnew2AI TutorWrites and grades data that teaches a model a language or a subject; a model-training role, not teaching people.Emergingunverified · 0.1% of postsnew3Robotics Software EngineerWrites the software that runs a robot or autonomous vehicle, such as control loops, path planning and robot skills, tested on the hardware.Emerging0.2% of postsnew4Robotics EngineerBuilds the perception, planning and control software that lets robots and autonomous vehicles sense the world and act in it.Emerging0.4% of postsnew5AI Systems EngineerBuilds and runs the systems around AI models, from the harnesses that make coding agents dependable to a company's own AI tools, access and spend.Emergingunverified · 0.1% of postsnew6AI ScientistBuilds and trains new AI models for one field, such as biology or enterprise data, from research methods to the models a product relies on.Emergingunverified · 0.1% of postsnew7Deployment ManagerRuns a deployment after the contract is signed, from bringing up compute clusters to rolling out software, until the customer is live.Emergingunverified · 0.1% of postsnew8Growth EngineerA software engineer focused on building tools, experiments, and features to drive user acquisition and retention.Emerging0.1% of postsnew9Cloud EngineerAn engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.Emerging0.1% of postsnew10Automation EngineerAn engineer who designs and implements automated systems and workflows to optimize technical processes.Emerging0.1% of postsnew11Controls EngineerAn engineer who designs and manages control systems to automate mechanical and physical operations.Emerging0.1% of postsnew12Product Operations ManagerA professional who optimizes processes, data access, and alignment across product and operational teams.Emerging0.1% of postsnew13Technical Support EngineerResolves complex customer technical issues and assists users with software platform troubleshooting.Emerging0.1% of postsnew14Member of Technical StaffA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.Emerging1.7% of posts+177%15Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.Rising2.2% of posts+105%16AI Deployment EngineerDeploys and tunes an AI product or agent inside a customer's stack; a close cousin of the forward deployed engineer.Emerging0.2% of posts+97%17Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.Emerging4.8% of posts+82%18Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Rising4.0% of posts+69%19Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.Fading2.7% of posts+68%20Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.Established1.5% of posts+20%21Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.Established1.7% of posts+18%22Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.Established8.3% of posts+12%23Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.Emerging1.1% of posts+8%24Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.Fading3.6% of posts-2%25Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.Fading3.0% of posts-4%26DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.Fading2.0% of posts-6%27Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.Established6.0% of posts-6%28Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.Established5.7% of posts-7%29AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.Emerging6.1% of posts-9%30Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Established5.5% of posts-10%31Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Established4.0% of posts-11%32Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.Established8.0% of posts-15%33Applied AI EngineerTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.Emerging1.0% of posts-22%34Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.Established1.1% of posts-22%35Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.Established13.7% of posts-22%36Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.Fading2.5% of posts-24%37Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.Established1.6% of posts-28%38Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.Established2.0% of posts-52%39Legal EngineerA lawyer who builds: turns legal workflows into prompts, evals and product for legal AI tools.Emergingunverified · 0.1% of posts-59%
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1Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.170 companies · median $255k1,1782Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.136 companies · median $200k9183Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.193 companies · median $221k8024Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.135 companies · median $262k5125Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.95 companies · median $216k4376Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.139 companies · median $212k4027Systems EngineerA systems engineer designs and manages complex software and hardware systems across their lifecycle.69 companies · median $193k3428Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.85 companies · median $255k3319Technical Program ManagerCoordinates complex cross-functional technical initiatives and drives engineering delivery across teams.73 companies · median $214k30710Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.102 companies · median $196k29411Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.121 companies · median $206k26812Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.91 companies · median $226k24513AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.95 companies · median $240k24414Test EngineerAn engineer who builds and executes testing routines to verify software functionality and performance.33 companies · median $154k23115Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.93 companies · median $185k20616Member of Technical StaffA deliberately flat title from Bell Labs, revived by AI labs for engineers and researchers alike.40 companies · median $250k20617Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.51 companies · median $340k16118Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.59 companies · median $213k15719Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.80 companies · median $182k15120Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.42 companies · median $232k12221Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.49 companies · median $190k11022Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.45 companies · median $271k10923Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.60 companies · median $220k10924Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.50 companies · median $150k8325Applied AI EngineerTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.19 companies · median $265k7826Controls EngineerAn engineer who designs and manages control systems to automate mechanical and physical operations.20 companies · median $172k7227Deployment StrategistThe non-engineering half of a forward deployed team: scopes the customer problem and runs the deployment.16 companies · median $140k6628Applied AI ArchitectDesigns how a customer's systems should use a model provider's models, from prototype to production.4 companies · median $278k6529DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.31 companies · median $167k6330AI Product ManagerA product manager for model-powered products, fluent in evals and model behaviour.45 companies · median $234k6331Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.36 companies · median $194k6232Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.40 companies · median $188k6133Technical Support EngineerResolves complex customer technical issues and assists users with software platform troubleshooting.27 companies · median $141k5934Legal EngineerA lawyer who builds: turns legal workflows into prompts, evals and product for legal AI tools.3 companies · median $270k4835Firmware EngineerAn engineer who develops low-level software that directly controls hardware components and embedded systems.13 companies · median $222k4536Automation EngineerAn engineer who designs and implements automated systems and workflows to optimize technical processes.25 companies · median $154k4237Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.28 companies · median $219k3838MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.26 companies · median $250k3539AI Deployment EngineerDeploys and tunes an AI product or agent inside a customer's stack; a close cousin of the forward deployed engineer.13 companies · median $158k3540AI Solutions ArchitectDesigns how a customer should use AI models and services, from architecture review to a working proof of concept.13 companies · median $187k33
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1Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer.6282DatabricksAn American data and artificial intelligence software company headquartered in San Francisco, California.5183OpenAIAn American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation (PBC) headquartered in San Francisco, California.2684Shield AIA robotics and autonomy company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Technical Program Manager.2365AnthropicAn American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.2216Accenture Federal ServicesA company hiring most for Data Engineer and DevOps Engineer.2147StripeAn Irish-American multinational financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company dual-headquartered in South San Francisco, California, United States, and Dublin, Ireland.1948CloudflareAn American technology company headquartered in San Francisco, California, that provides a range of internet services, including content delivery network (CDN) services, cloud cybersecurity, DDoS mitigation, and ICANN-accredited domain registration.1719ElasticA Dutch-American software company that provides a platform for enterprise search, observability, and cybersecurity.15810HarveyA generative artificial intelligence (AI) product developed by the Counsel AI Corporation for the legal industry.153
What changednewest first
New titleNov 9Systems engineerA systems engineer designs and manages complex software and hardware systems across their lifecycle.New titleNov 9Technical architectA technical architect defines high-level architecture and technical standards for enterprise software applications.New titleNov 9Customer reliability engineerA customer reliability engineer works with external clients to maintain system availability and performance.New titleNov 9Devsecops engineerA DevSecOps engineer integrates automated security practices into software deployment pipelines.New titleNov 9Design verification engineerA design verification engineer creates test environments to validate integrated circuit and hardware designs.New titleNov 9Flight software engineerA flight software engineer designs and tests onboard software systems for airborne and space vehicles.New titleNov 9Embedded software engineerAn embedded software engineer develops low-level software running directly on hardware devices and microcontrollers.New titleNov 9Infrastructure software engineerAn infrastructure software engineer builds and maintains the core software systems that support application development and operations.CheckedNov 9Technical program managerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Technical support engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Test engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Product operations managerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Controls engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Developer success engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Automation engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Firmware engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Cloud engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.CheckedNov 9Growth engineerNow verified: used widely enough on company job boards.New titleNov 9Ai ml architectA title found on company job boards in July 2026; no open role uses it right now.Employer boardNov 9AxiosA company hiring most for Product Manager and Security Engineer.Employer boardNov 9AvarraA company whose job board is read every week; none of its open roles uses a tracked title right now.Employer boardNov 9AutotraderAn American online marketplace for car buyers and sellers, founded in 1997.Employer boardNov 9AuraA company whose job board is read every week; none of its open roles uses a tracked title right now.New titleNov 2Technical program managerCoordinates complex cross-functional technical initiatives and drives engineering delivery across teams.New titleNov 2Technical support engineerResolves complex customer technical issues and assists users with software platform troubleshooting.New titleNov 2Test engineerAn engineer who builds and executes testing routines to verify software functionality and performance.New titleNov 2Product operations managerA professional who optimizes processes, data access, and alignment across product and operational teams.New titleNov 2Controls engineerAn engineer who designs and manages control systems to automate mechanical and physical operations.New titleNov 2Developer success engineerAn engineer who assists external developers in integrating and building effectively on top of a software platform.New titleNov 2Automation engineerAn engineer who designs and implements automated systems and workflows to optimize technical processes.New titleNov 2Firmware engineerAn engineer who develops low-level software that directly controls hardware components and embedded systems.New titleNov 2Cloud engineerAn engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.New titleNov 2Growth engineerA software engineer focused on building tools, experiments, and features to drive user acquisition and retention.Employer boardNov 2AttentiveA company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Analytics Engineer.Employer boardNov 2AtlanA company hiring most for Agent Engineer and Solutions Engineer.Employer boardNov 2AtaccamaA company hiring most for Solutions Engineer and Full Stack Engineer.Employer boardNov 2At bayA company whose job board is read every week; none of its open roles uses a tracked title right now.Employer boardNov 2AstranisAn American company specializing in geostationary communications satellites.Employer boardNov 2Ast spacemobileA publicly traded satellite designer and manufacturer based in Midland, Texas, United States.Employer boardNov 2AssemblyaiA company hiring most for Forward Deployed Engineer and AI Engineer.
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