Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, May 2013
317 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 19 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% · an example posting | 6.0% | 19 | +4.2 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.4.4% · an example posting | 4.4% | 14 | -0.9 |
| 3 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.3.8% · an example posting | 3.8% | 12 | -0.1 |
| 4 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.5% · an example posting | 2.5% | 8 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.1.9% · e.g. Precision Nutrition | 1.9% | 6 | +1.0 |
| 6 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.9% · e.g. Datafiniti | 1.9% | 6 | +1.5 |
| 7 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.6% · an example posting | 1.6% | 5 | -0.2 |
| 8 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 3 | +0.5 |
| 9 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.0.60% · an example posting | 0.60% | 2 | -1.2 |
| 10 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.60% · an example posting | 0.60% | 2 | +0.6 |
| 11 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 12 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.30% · e.g. Amazon | 0.30% | 1 | -0.6 |
| 13 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.0.30% · e.g. WebAction Inc. in Downtown Palo Alto | 0.30% | 1 | -0.6 |
| 14 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.30% · e.g. Tapjoy | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 15 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 16 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 17 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.30% · e.g. Storm8 | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 18 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 19 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.30% · e.g. Recommind | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |