Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, March 2014
336 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 21 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 8.0% 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.8.0% · e.g. MedTech Exchange | 8.0% | 27 | +2.5 |
| 2 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.5.4% · e.g. Max2 Inc. | 5.4% | 18 | +0.6 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.5.4% · e.g. The Climate Corporation | 5.4% | 18 | +1.9 |
| 4 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.0% · an example posting | 3.0% | 10 | +0.6 |
| 5 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.7% · e.g. awe.sm | 2.7% | 9 | +0.3 |
| 6 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.8% · e.g. Exabeam, Platform Engineer | 1.8% | 6 | +0.1 |
| 7 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.5% · e.g. Balanced | 1.5% | 5 | +0.5 |
| 8 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.1.2% · an example posting | 1.2% | 4 | +0.9 |
| 9 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.90% · an example posting | 0.90% | 3 | -0.1 |
| 10 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.90% · e.g. Airseed | 0.90% | 3 | +0.9 |
| 11 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.60% · e.g. Etsy | 0.60% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 12 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.0.60% · e.g. Airseed | 0.60% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 13 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.60% · e.g. Oculus VR | 0.60% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 14 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.60% · e.g. Healthcare.gov | 0.60% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 15 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.60% · e.g. Splay | 0.60% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 16 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.30% · e.g. Pascal Metrics | 0.30% | 1 | -0.7 |
| 17 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.0.30% · e.g. Protean | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 18 | Big Data EngineerThe Hadoop-era title of the early 2010s, before Spark and cloud warehouses folded it into data engineering.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 19 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.0 |
| 20 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 21 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.30% · e.g. Remitly | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |