Data, AI and tech job titles

102 titles · 9,340 open roles

Who is hiring, February 2012

201 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 11 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Product Designer, in 4.0% of them.

Titles in this thread

Change: percentage points against a year before
#TitlePostsChange
1Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.0% · an example posting8-
2Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.0% · e.g. Kaggle6-
3Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.2.0% · e.g. Collaborative4-
4Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.2.0% · e.g. AllTrails4-
5Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.0% · e.g. bitly2-
6Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.1.0% · an example posting2-
7Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.1.0% · an example posting2-
8Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.0% · an example posting2-
9Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.50% · an example posting1-
10Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.50% · an example posting1-
11Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.50% · e.g. NYC1-