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Engineering titles

32 titles. Builders: data, ML, AI and platform engineers, and the new hybrids in between.

32 of 32 titles, by share of posts

#	Title	Share of HN posts, 12 mo	6 mo change	Open roles
1	Full Stack EngineerEstablished ·17% of posts · 146 open · since Apr 2011	17%	-16%	146
2	Product EngineerEstablished ·7.3% of posts · 44 open · since May 2011	7.3%	+13%	44
3	AI EngineerEmerging ·6.7% of posts · 115 open · since Jun 2011	6.7%	+9%	115
4	Founding EngineerEstablished ·6.3% of posts · 1 open · since Jul 2011	6.3%	-2%	1
5	Platform EngineerEstablished ·5.8% of posts · 95 open · since Apr 2011	5.8%	+16%	95
6	Machine Learning EngineerEstablished ·4.7% of posts · 259 open · since Apr 2011	4.7%	-23%	259
7	Data EngineerEstablished ·3.8% of posts · 66 open · since Apr 2011	3.8%	-15%	66
8	Forward Deployed EngineerEmerging ·3.2% of posts · 369 open · since Sep 2011	3.2%	+138%	369
9	Security EngineerRising ·3.1% of posts · 227 open · since Jun 2011	3.1%	+43%	227
10	Site Reliability EngineerFading ·3.1% of posts · 117 open · since Apr 2011	3.1%	-20%	117
11	DevOps EngineerFading ·2.1% of posts · 14 open · since Apr 2011	2.1%	-28%	14
12	Data ScientistFading ·2.1% of posts · 155 open · since May 2011	2.1%	+2%	155
13	Solutions EngineerEstablished ·1.9% of posts · 784 open · since Jul 2011	1.9%	-12%	784
14	Developer AdvocateEstablished ·1.7% of posts · 44 open · since Apr 2011	1.7%	0%	44
15	Design EngineerEstablished ·1.3% of posts · 39 open · since May 2011	1.3%	-44%	39
16	Applied AI EngineerEmerging ·1.1% of posts · 56 open · since Sep 2017	1.1%	+46%	56
17	Agent EngineerEmerging ·0.96% of posts · 88 open · since Sep 2016	0.96%	-12%	88
18	Data AnalystFading ·0.70% of posts · 38 open · since Apr 2011	0.70%	-52%	38
19	MLOps EngineerEstablished ·0.49% of posts · 20 open · since Feb 2017	0.49%	-	20
20	Analytics EngineerEstablished ·0.47% of posts · 29 open · since Oct 2011	0.47%	-	29
21	Blockchain EngineerFading ·0.29% of posts · since Apr 2015	0.29%	-	0
22	Computer Vision EngineerFading ·0.26% of posts · 2 open · since Jun 2012	0.26%	-	2
23	LLM EngineerEstablished ·0.24% of posts · 2 open · since Mar 2023	0.24%	-	2
24	Deep Learning EngineerFading ·0.06% of posts · 2 open · since Apr 2016	0.06%	-	2
25	NLP EngineerFading ·0.05% of posts · since May 2011	0.05%	-	0
26	Applied AI ArchitectUnverifiedEmerging ·49 open · seen Dec 2024	Not on HN yet	new	49
27	Legal EngineerUnverifiedEmerging ·28 open · seen Jun 2026	Not on HN yet	new	28
28	AI Deployment EngineerUnverifiedEmerging ·23 open · seen Jan 2026	Not on HN yet	new	23
29	Evals EngineerEmerging ·0% of posts · 7 open · new on job boards	0%	-	7
30	Context EngineerEmerging ·0% of posts · 2 open · new on job boards	0%	-	2
31	Prompt EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Mar 2024	0%	-	0
32	Big Data EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Dec 2011	0%	-	0

Engineering titles since 2011

EmergingRisingEstablishedFadingShare of Who is hiring postings, 3-month average

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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