Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, October 2012
246 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 15 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 6.1% of them.
Titles in this thread
Change: percentage points against a year before| # | Title | Posts | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.6.1% · an example posting | 6.1% | 15 | +5.6 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.8% · e.g. Stack Exchange | 2.8% | 7 | +0.7 |
| 3 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.2.4% · an example posting | 2.4% | 6 | +1.4 |
| 4 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.2.0% · e.g. Stack Exchange | 2.0% | 5 | -0.6 |
| 5 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.6% · an example posting | 1.6% | 4 | +0.6 |
| 6 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.6% · an example posting | 1.6% | 4 | -0.5 |
| 7 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.1.2% · e.g. Mobile UI Engineer | 1.2% | 3 | +0.2 |
| 8 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.0.80% · an example posting | 0.80% | 2 | -0.2 |
| 9 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.80% · e.g. Braintree | 0.80% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 10 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.80% · e.g. Google | 0.80% | 2 | -1.3 |
| 11 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 12 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.40% · e.g. AppHero, Toronto: | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 13 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.40% · e.g. Netflix | 0.40% | 1 | -0.1 |
| 14 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.40% · e.g. Scribd | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 15 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.40% · e.g. Kanjoya | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |