Titlesby GlyphEngineering titles
Builders: data, ML, AI and platform engineers, and the new hybrids in between.
Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.5.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 25 open · $194k median · since Jul 2011Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 206 open · $185k median · since Apr 2011Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.4.3% of HN posts, 12 mo · 331 open · $255k median · since Apr 2011Forward Deployed EngineerAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.3.7% of HN posts, 12 mo · 437 open · $216k median · since Sep 2011Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.3.2% of HN posts, 12 mo · 402 open · $212k median · since Jun 2011Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.3.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 151 open · $182k median · since Apr 2011Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.2.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 157 open · $213k median · since Apr 2011Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.2.2% of HN posts, 12 mo · 245 open · $226k median · since May 2011DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 63 open · $167k median · since Apr 2011Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 918 open · $200k median · since Jul 2011Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.1.5% of HN posts, 12 mo · 62 open · $194k median · since Apr 2011Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.1.2% of HN posts, 12 mo · 110 open · $190k median · since May 2011Applied AI EngineerTurns frontier models into working products for specific customers or use cases.1.1% of HN posts, 12 mo · 78 open · $265k median · since Sep 2017Agent EngineerBuilds LLM agents that plan and call tools, and the harnesses that keep them reliable.1.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $271k median · since Sep 2016Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.55% of HN posts, 12 mo · 83 open · $150k median · since Apr 2011MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.44% of HN posts, 12 mo · 35 open · $250k median · since Feb 2017Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.36% of HN posts, 12 mo · 61 open · $188k median · since Oct 2011Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.30% of HN posts, 12 mo · 11 open · $211k median · since Jun 2012GTM EngineerBuilds sales and marketing systems with data enrichment, automation and language models instead of adding headcount.0.28% of HN posts, 12 mo · 23 open · $188k median · since Jul 2021Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.22% of HN posts, 12 mo · 2 open · $203k median · since Apr 2015Robotics EngineerBuilds the perception, planning and control software that lets robots and autonomous vehicles sense the world and act in it.15 open · $195k median · seen Sep 2026AI Solutions ArchitectDesigns how a customer should use AI models and services, from architecture review to a working proof of concept.0.17% of HN posts, 12 mo · 33 open · $187k median · since May 2022LLM EngineerAn engineer focused on building with, fine-tuning or serving large language models.0.17% of HN posts, 12 mo · 7 open · $142k median · since Mar 2023AI Deployment EngineerDeploys and tunes an AI product or agent inside a customer's stack; a close cousin of the forward deployed engineer.35 open · $158k median · seen Jun 2013Legal EngineerA lawyer who builds: turns legal workflows into prompts, evals and product for legal AI tools.48 open · $270k median · seen Nov 2017Robotics Software EngineerWrites the software that runs a robot or autonomous vehicle, such as control loops, path planning and robot skills, tested on the hardware.33 open · $223k median · seen Sep 2026LLMOps EngineerRuns language models in production: serving, prompt and model versions, evals in CI, cost and latency.0.05% of HN posts, 12 mo · 1 open · $208k median · since Jul 2024Controls EngineerAn engineer who designs and manages control systems to automate mechanical and physical operations.72 open · $172k median · seen Nov 2026Technical Support EngineerResolves complex customer technical issues and assists users with software platform troubleshooting.59 open · $141k median · seen Nov 2026Automation EngineerAn engineer who designs and implements automated systems and workflows to optimize technical processes.42 open · $154k median · seen Nov 2026Cloud EngineerAn engineer responsible for designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and services.17 open · $156k median · seen Nov 2026Growth EngineerA software engineer focused on building tools, experiments, and features to drive user acquisition and retention.9 open · $193k median · seen Nov 2026Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.04% of HN posts, 12 mo · 1 open · $250k median · since Apr 2016AI 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.1 open · $308k median · seen Oct 2026Systems EngineerA systems engineer designs and manages complex software and hardware systems across their lifecycle.342 open · $193k median · seen Dec 2016Test EngineerAn engineer who builds and executes testing routines to verify software functionality and performance.231 open · $154k median · seen Jun 2023Applied AI ArchitectDesigns how a customer's systems should use a model provider's models, from prototype to production.65 open · $278k median · seen Dec 2024Firmware EngineerAn engineer who develops low-level software that directly controls hardware components and embedded systems.45 open · $222k median · seen Mar 2025Embedded Software EngineerAn embedded software engineer develops low-level software running directly on hardware devices and microcontrollers.33 open · $195k median · seen Nov 2023Autonomy EngineerBuilds the computer vision and other algorithms that let a drone or vehicle understand the world around it and move on its own.29 open · $170k median · seen Dec 2025Flight Software EngineerA flight software engineer designs and tests onboard software systems for airborne and space vehicles.24 open · $210k median · seen Dec 2023Design Verification EngineerA design verification engineer creates test environments to validate integrated circuit and hardware designs.19 open · $210k median · seen Jun 2021Technical ArchitectA technical architect defines high-level architecture and technical standards for enterprise software applications.19 open · $207k median · seen Oct 2025Evals EngineerMeasures model and agent quality: builds eval suites, graders and the dashboards teams ship against.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · 14 open · $232k median · new on job boardsInfrastructure Software EngineerAn infrastructure software engineer builds and maintains the core software systems that support application development and operations.11 open · $203k median · seen Aug 2025DevSecOps EngineerA DevSecOps engineer integrates automated security practices into software deployment pipelines.11 open · $158k median · seen Jan 2026Developer Success EngineerAn engineer who assists external developers in integrating and building effectively on top of a software platform.10 open · $152k median · seen Apr 2023AI ArchitectDesigns how AI fits into a company's or a customer's systems: the architecture, the guardrails and the path from prototype to production.9 open · $195k median · seen Feb 2026Customer Reliability EngineerA customer reliability engineer works with external clients to maintain system availability and performance.7 open · $164k median · seen Jun 2026Forward Deployed ArchitectDesigns how a company's product fits a customer's or partner's systems, then works with engineers to build and launch it in production.6 open · seen Jul 2026Data ArchitectDesigns how an organization's data is stored, modelled and governed, from lakehouse layers and pipelines to the standards that feed analytics and AI.6 open · $167k median · seen Jan 2026AI Operations EngineerBuilds and runs the AI agents and automations a company's own teams use, from finance and legal to partnerships, and keeps them working.5 open · $163k median · seen Aug 2026AI Enablement EngineerBuilds AI agents, retrieval pipelines and automations for an internal team's work, such as HR or IT, and writes the guides to use them.3 open · $165k median · seen Jun 2026Data Platform ArchitectPlans a client's data platform: weighs the options, sets the target design and roadmap, and adds data governance, quality checks and AI.3 open · $150k median · seen Jul 2026AI Infrastructure Systems EngineerBuilds software that provisions, monitors and repairs large GPU fleets for model training and inference, and finds the hardware faults behind failures.3 open · $216k median · seen Apr 2025Data Center EngineerKeeps data center hardware running, from servers and network to power and cooling, and models where the load can safely go.2 open · $271k median · seen Aug 2026Context EngineerDesigns what a model sees: retrieval, memory, tools and instructions assembled into the context window.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · 1 open · $112k median · new on job boardsGTM Strategy & Operations AnalystTracks a sales organization's numbers, turns them into insight for sales leaders and runs the weekly to quarterly business reviews.1 open · seen Aug 2026GTM Finance AnalystThe finance partner to sales, marketing and customer success: budgets, headcount plans, spend analysis and the data pipelines behind them.1 open · $135k median · seen Jul 2026AI Solutions SpecialistA sales specialist for a platform's AI and machine learning products, working with the wider sales team to get customers using them.1 open · $208k median · seen Jun 2026Prompt EngineerWrites and tests the instructions given to language models; the 2023 breakout title.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · since Mar 2024NLP EngineerLanguage models before they were large: search, classification, extraction and translation.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · since May 2011Big Data EngineerThe Hadoop-era title of the early 2010s, before Spark and cloud warehouses folded it into data engineering.0% of HN posts, 12 mo · since Dec 2011AI Strategy ConsultantA title found on company job boards in September 2024; no open role uses it right now.seen Sep 2024AI ML ArchitectA title found on company job boards in July 2026; no open role uses it right now.seen Jul 2026