Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, September 2014
279 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 18 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 12% 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.12% · an example posting | 12% | 34 | +4.6 |
| 2 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.5.0% · an example posting | 5.0% | 14 | +2.5 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.5.0% · an example posting | 5.0% | 14 | +3.3 |
| 4 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.4.3% · e.g. Aclima | 4.3% | 12 | +2.2 |
| 5 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.2% · e.g. Lyst Ltd | 3.2% | 9 | +0.3 |
| 6 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.1.8% · e.g. Coinbase | 1.8% | 5 | +0.5 |
| 7 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.4% · e.g. Minibar Delivery | 1.4% | 4 | -0.3 |
| 8 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.1.1% · e.g. CITYMAPPER | 1.1% | 3 | -0.6 |
| 9 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.70% · e.g. iRobot | 0.70% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 10 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.0.70% · an example posting | 0.70% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 11 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.0.70% · e.g. FoundationDB | 0.70% | 2 | -1.0 |
| 12 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.70% · e.g. Coinbase | 0.70% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 13 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.0.70% · an example posting | 0.70% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 14 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.0.70% · an example posting | 0.70% | 2 | +0.7 |
| 15 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.40% · e.g. Mozilla Research | 0.40% | 1 | -0.4 |
| 16 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.40% · e.g. Zoomer | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 17 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.0.40% · e.g. Vimeo | 0.40% | 1 | +0.4 |
| 18 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.40% · e.g. Placemeter - NYC | 0.40% | 1 | +0.0 |