Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, June 2013
261 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 18 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 8.8% 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.8.8% · e.g. SmarterCookie | 8.8% | 23 | +4.3 |
| 2 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.2.3% · an example posting | 2.3% | 6 | -1.3 |
| 3 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.2.3% · an example posting | 2.3% | 6 | +0.1 |
| 4 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.1.9% · an example posting | 1.9% | 5 | -0.3 |
| 5 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.5% · an example posting | 1.5% | 4 | +1.1 |
| 6 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.1.5% · an example posting | 1.5% | 4 | +0.6 |
| 7 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.1.1% · an example posting | 1.1% | 3 | -0.2 |
| 8 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.1% · e.g. Amazon Web Services | 1.1% | 3 | -0.7 |
| 9 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.80% · an example posting | 0.80% | 2 | +0.8 |
| 10 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.80% · an example posting | 0.80% | 2 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.80% · an example posting | 0.80% | 2 | +0.4 |
| 12 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 13 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.40% · e.g. Software Engineer at Anametrix | 0.40% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 14 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | -1.8 |
| 16 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.40% · e.g. Shuttestock is always hiring | 0.40% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 17 | AI Deployment EngineerDeploys and tunes an AI product or agent inside a customer's stack; a close cousin of the forward deployed engineer.0.40% · e.g. DocuSign | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 18 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.40% · e.g. Netflix | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |