Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, November 2013
295 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 15 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 6.4% 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.6.4% · e.g. Blue Apron | 6.4% | 19 | -1.8 |
| 2 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.3.4% · e.g. Formlabs | 3.4% | 10 | +1.6 |
| 3 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.2.7% · an example posting | 2.7% | 8 | -1.4 |
| 4 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.4% · e.g. Notting Hill, London, England, U.K. | 2.4% | 7 | +0.1 |
| 5 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.2.4% · e.g. Shopular | 2.4% | 7 | -1.7 |
| 6 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.4% · e.g. New York | 1.4% | 4 | -0.9 |
| 7 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.70% · e.g. Shopify | 0.70% | 2 | -0.2 |
| 8 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.70% · e.g. Canary | 0.70% | 2 | +0.7 |
| 9 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.30% · e.g. New York | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 10 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 11 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.30% · e.g. Pascal Metrics | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 12 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.30% · e.g. Toronto, Relay | 0.30% | 1 | -0.6 |
| 13 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.30% · e.g. Basis | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 14 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 15 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.30% · e.g. Shopkick | 0.30% | 1 | -1.1 |