Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.
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Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.
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Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.
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Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.
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Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.
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DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.
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Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.
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Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.
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Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.
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AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.
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Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.
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Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.
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