Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, December 2013
262 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 19 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 6.1% 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.6.1% · an example posting | 6.1% | 16 | -0.9 |
| 2 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.6% · an example posting | 4.6% | 12 | +2.0 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.3.8% · e.g. Knewton | 3.8% | 10 | -0.1 |
| 4 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.1% · an example posting | 3.1% | 8 | +0.9 |
| 5 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.1.9% · e.g. Buffer | 1.9% | 5 | -0.7 |
| 6 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.1% · e.g. Knewton | 1.1% | 3 | +0.2 |
| 7 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.1% · e.g. Pusher | 1.1% | 3 | -0.6 |
| 8 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.80% · e.g. Knewton | 0.80% | 2 | +0.4 |
| 9 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.80% · an example posting | 0.80% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 10 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.80% · e.g. Oculus VR | 0.80% | 2 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.0.80% · e.g. Alarm.com | 0.80% | 2 | +0.8 |
| 12 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.80% · e.g. Parse.ly | 0.80% | 2 | -0.5 |
| 13 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.80% · e.g. VCE | 0.80% | 2 | -0.5 |
| 14 | Big Data EngineerThe Hadoop-era title of the early 2010s, before Spark and cloud warehouses folded it into data engineering.0.80% · e.g. DemandCube | 0.80% | 2 | -0.5 |
| 15 | 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% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 16 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.40% · e.g. 3Gear Systems | 0.40% | 1 | +0.0 |
| 17 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.40% · e.g. AppThwack | 0.40% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 18 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.40% · e.g. CB Insights | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 19 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 1 | -0.5 |