Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, July 2011
223 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 14 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Product Designer, in 3.1% of them.
Titles in this thread
Change: percentage points against a year before| # | Title | Posts | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.3.1% · e.g. Onswipe | 3.1% | 7 | - |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.7% · an example posting | 2.7% | 6 | - |
| 3 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.2.2% · e.g. Patch Labs | 2.2% | 5 | - |
| 4 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.0.90% · e.g. Onswipe | 0.90% | 2 | - |
| 5 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 2 | - |
| 6 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.90% · e.g. Tasty Labs | 0.90% | 2 | - |
| 7 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 8 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 9 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.0.40% · e.g. Brightcove | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 10 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.40% · e.g. Earth Aid | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 11 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.40% · e.g. The New York Times | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 12 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 13 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.40% · e.g. San Francisco | 0.40% | 1 | - |
| 14 | Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | - |