Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, February 2013
217 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 17 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 6.0% 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.6.0% · e.g. Bangalore | 6.0% | 13 | +4.0 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.3.7% · an example posting | 3.7% | 8 | +2.7 |
| 3 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.2% · e.g. Kontagent | 3.2% | 7 | +0.2 |
| 4 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.8% · e.g. ConnectSolutions | 2.8% | 6 | +2.8 |
| 5 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.2.3% · e.g. VividCortex, Inc. | 2.3% | 5 | +1.3 |
| 6 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.1.4% · e.g. Boston | 1.4% | 3 | -2.6 |
| 7 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.1.4% · an example posting | 1.4% | 3 | +0.9 |
| 8 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.90% · e.g. Kontagent | 0.90% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 9 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.90% · e.g. CB Insights | 0.90% | 2 | +0.9 |
| 10 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 2 | -1.1 |
| 11 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.90% · e.g. +--------------------------------+ | 0.90% | 2 | +0.9 |
| 12 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.50% · e.g. Kontagent | 0.50% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 13 | NLP EngineerLanguage models before they were large: search, classification, extraction and translation.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 14 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.50% · e.g. Blue Origin | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 15 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.0.50% · e.g. SET Media | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 16 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 17 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.50% · e.g. Stormpath | 0.50% | 1 | +0.0 |