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Emerging job titles

10 titles took off on Hacker News in the last three years, 6 are new on company job boards (unverified until checked by hand) and 12 have faded.

28 of 28 titles

Took off recently

TitleShare
Chief AI OfficerFirst seen Jul 20260.03%
Forward Deployed EngineerTook off Oct 2025 · 369 open3.2%
Agent EngineerTook off Jul 2025 · 88 open0.96%
AI Product ManagerTook off May 2025 · 38 open0.26%
Applied AI EngineerTook off Apr 2025 · 56 open1.1%
Member of Technical StaffTook off Mar 2025 · 91 open0.92%
AI EngineerTook off May 2024 · 115 open6.7%
AI Safety ResearcherFirst seen Mar 2024 · 2 open-
Context Engineer · 2 open-
Evals Engineer · 7 open-

New on job boards

Titles the synonym map did not know; unverified
TitleOpen roles
Deployment StrategistUnverifiedat 5 companies · oldest open posting Dec 201265
Applied AI ArchitectUnverifiedat 3 companies · oldest open posting Dec 202449
AI Deployment EngineerUnverifiedat 7 companies · oldest open posting Jan 202623
Legal EngineerUnverifiedat 2 companies · oldest open posting Jun 202628
AI TutorUnverifiedat 1 company · oldest open posting Oct 202525
Agent StrategistUnverifiedat 2 companies · oldest open posting Mar 20267

Faded

Title6 mo change
Engineering ManagerFading ·3.5% of posts · 396 open · since Nov 2011+18%
Data ScientistFading ·2.1% of posts · 155 open · since May 2011+2%
Site Reliability EngineerFading ·3.1% of posts · 117 open · since Apr 2011-20%
DevOps EngineerFading ·2.1% of posts · 14 open · since Apr 2011-28%
Data AnalystFading ·0.70% of posts · 38 open · since Apr 2011-52%
Blockchain EngineerFading ·0.29% of posts · since Apr 2015-
Computer Vision EngineerFading ·0.26% of posts · 2 open · since Jun 2012-
Head of DataFading ·0.29% of posts · 8 open · since Dec 2011-
Big Data EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Dec 2011-
Deep Learning EngineerFading ·0.06% of posts · 2 open · since Apr 2016-
NLP EngineerFading ·0.05% of posts · since May 2011-
Prompt EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Mar 2024-
The emerging radar
6 mo12 mo24 mo36 moEngineeringResearchProductLeadership124679111314812155103
  1. 1Evals EngineerSep 2026
  2. 2Context EngineerSep 2026
  3. 3Chief AI OfficerJul 2026
  4. 4Legal EngineerJun 2026
  5. 5Agent StrategistMar 2026
  6. 6AI Deployment EngineerJan 2026
  7. 7Forward Deployed EngineerOct 2025
  8. 8AI TutorOct 2025
  9. 9Agent EngineerJul 2025
  10. 10AI Product ManagerMay 2025
  11. 11Applied AI EngineerApr 2025
  12. 12Member of Technical StaffMar 2025
  13. 13Applied AI ArchitectDec 2024
  14. 14AI EngineerMay 2024
  15. 15AI Safety ResearcherMar 2024
Took off on Hacker NewsNew on job boards, unverifiedNearer the centre is newer; bigger has more open roles

Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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