Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, July 2012
189 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 12 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Product Manager, in 2.6% of them.
Titles in this thread
Change: percentage points against a year before| # | Title | Posts | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.6% · an example posting | 2.6% | 5 | -0.1 |
| 2 | Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.2.6% · an example posting | 2.6% | 5 | +2.2 |
| 3 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.6% · e.g. MyEnergy | 1.6% | 3 | +1.2 |
| 4 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.1.6% · an example posting | 1.6% | 3 | -1.5 |
| 5 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.6% · an example posting | 1.6% | 3 | -0.6 |
| 6 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 8 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | -0.4 |
| 9 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.0.50% · e.g. New York City, Full Time. | 0.50% | 1 | +0.1 |
| 10 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.1 |
| 11 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 12 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.1 |