Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, April 2013
343 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 16 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 5.5% 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.5.5% · e.g. ClassDojo | 5.5% | 19 | +5.0 |
| 2 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.3.5% · e.g. London | 3.5% | 12 | +3.5 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.9% · an example posting | 2.9% | 10 | -1.1 |
| 4 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.2.9% · e.g. Stereotypes | 2.9% | 10 | -1.6 |
| 5 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.1.7% · e.g. Tremor Video | 1.7% | 6 | -0.3 |
| 6 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.2% · an example posting | 1.2% | 4 | +0.7 |
| 7 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 3 | +0.4 |
| 8 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.60% · an example posting | 0.60% | 2 | -0.4 |
| 9 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.60% · an example posting | 0.60% | 2 | +0.1 |
| 10 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.60% · e.g. Whitetruffle.com | 0.60% | 2 | -1.4 |
| 11 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.60% · e.g. Developer Auction | 0.60% | 2 | +0.1 |
| 12 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.30% · e.g. Cognii | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 13 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.30% · e.g. edo Interactive | 0.30% | 1 | -0.7 |
| 14 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.0.30% · e.g. Guadalajara, Mexico | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 15 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 16 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |