Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, January 2020
571 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 24 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 17% 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.17% · e.g. Aha! | 17% | 99 | +0.2 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.8.6% · e.g. Aha! | 8.6% | 49 | +2.4 |
| 3 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.6.8% · e.g. Commure, Inc. | 6.8% | 39 | +2.3 |
| 4 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.5.8% · e.g. IOMED | 5.8% | 33 | -0.9 |
| 5 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.5.3% · e.g. Aha! | 5.3% | 30 | -1.2 |
| 6 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.9% · e.g. Lyst | 4.9% | 28 | -0.3 |
| 7 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.4.7% · e.g. Audible | 4.7% | 27 | +0.9 |
| 8 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.4.7% · e.g. Smartsheet | 4.7% | 27 | -2.1 |
| 9 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.4.0% · e.g. Aha! | 4.0% | 23 | +2.0 |
| 10 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.3.5% · e.g. Pusher | 3.5% | 20 | +0.4 |
| 11 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.2.3% · e.g. Blue Canvas | 2.3% | 13 | +0.5 |
| 12 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.2.1% · e.g. JustWatch | 2.1% | 12 | -1.0 |
| 13 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.6% · e.g. JW Player | 1.6% | 9 | -0.2 |
| 14 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.1.4% · e.g. evervault | 1.4% | 8 | +0.5 |
| 15 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.2% · e.g. Factual | 1.2% | 7 | -0.4 |
| 16 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.70% · e.g. Graphcore | 0.70% | 4 | +0.4 |
| 17 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.70% · e.g. simplesurance GmbH | 0.70% | 4 | +0.3 |
| 18 | Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.0.50% · e.g. JustWatch | 0.50% | 3 | +0.5 |
| 19 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.0.50% · e.g. Micro | 0.50% | 3 | -0.4 |
| 20 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.40% · an example posting | 0.40% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 21 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.0.40% · e.g. Citadel | 0.40% | 2 | -0.4 |
| 22 | Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.40% · e.g. Audatic | 0.40% | 2 | +0.0 |
| 23 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.20% · e.g. [still-unnamed startup in stealth mode] | 0.20% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 24 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.20% · e.g. Shipwell | 0.20% | 1 | -0.1 |