Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, January 2014
222 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 12 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 8.1% 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.8.1% · e.g. FULLTIME | 8.1% | 18 | +1.8 |
| 2 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.5.0% · e.g. awe.sm | 5.0% | 11 | +2.4 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.2.3% · e.g. Notting Hill, London, England, U.K. | 2.3% | 5 | -1.4 |
| 4 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.1.8% · e.g. Hi all, | 1.8% | 4 | -0.8 |
| 5 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.1.8% · e.g. BNOTIONS | 1.8% | 4 | +0.2 |
| 6 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.4% · e.g. OmniUpdate | 1.4% | 3 | +0.9 |
| 7 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.90% · e.g. Pascal Metrics | 0.90% | 2 | -1.2 |
| 8 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.0.90% · e.g. WebAction | 0.90% | 2 | -0.7 |
| 9 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | -0.6 |
| 10 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.50% · an example posting | 0.50% | 1 | +0.5 |
| 11 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.0.50% · e.g. [HIRING] InnovaSystems: | 0.50% | 1 | -1.1 |
| 12 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.50% · e.g. Veracode | 0.50% | 1 | +0.0 |