Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, October 2013
423 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 20 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 4.3% 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.4.3% · an example posting | 4.3% | 18 | -1.8 |
| 2 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.3.3% · e.g. Potato | 3.3% | 14 | +1.3 |
| 3 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.2.6% · e.g. Pocketbook | 2.6% | 11 | +0.2 |
| 4 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.4% · e.g. Buffer | 2.4% | 10 | +1.6 |
| 5 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.1.9% · e.g. Mobify | 1.9% | 8 | -0.9 |
| 6 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.4% · e.g. IFTTT | 1.4% | 6 | -0.2 |
| 7 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.2% · e.g. Vimeo | 1.2% | 5 | -0.4 |
| 8 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.90% · e.g. Vine | 0.90% | 4 | -0.3 |
| 9 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 4 | +0.1 |
| 10 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.90% · e.g. Zapier | 0.90% | 4 | +0.9 |
| 11 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.50% · e.g. Luzern, Switzerland, on site | 0.50% | 2 | +0.5 |
| 12 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 2 | -0.3 |
| 13 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.50% · e.g. OmniTI | 0.50% | 2 | +0.1 |
| 14 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 2 | +0.5 |
| 15 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.50% · e.g. CommandIQ | 0.50% | 2 | +0.1 |
| 16 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.20% · e.g. Librato | 0.20% | 1 | +0.2 |
| 17 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.20% · an example posting | 0.20% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 18 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.20% · e.g. PaperG | 0.20% | 1 | +0.2 |
| 19 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.20% · e.g. Impermium | 0.20% | 1 | +0.2 |
| 20 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.20% · e.g. Intercom: | 0.20% | 1 | +0.2 |