Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, December 2021
737 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 30 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 21% 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.21% · e.g. Codecov | 21% | 152 | +3.2 |
| 2 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.10% · e.g. Bolt | 10% | 75 | +3.0 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.9.0% · e.g. Codecov | 9.0% | 66 | +1.5 |
| 4 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.8.4% · e.g. Stream | 8.4% | 62 | +3.7 |
| 5 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.6.8% · e.g. Rapid7 | 6.8% | 50 | +0.1 |
| 6 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.6.5% · e.g. Even Responsible Finance | 6.5% | 48 | +1.1 |
| 7 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.5.7% · e.g. HealthVerity | 5.7% | 42 | +0.3 |
| 8 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.5.0% · e.g. Domino Data Lab | 5.0% | 37 | +1.5 |
| 9 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.4.3% · e.g. FreightFlows, Inc | 4.3% | 32 | +0.1 |
| 10 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.3.9% · e.g. Medsensio | 3.9% | 29 | +0.7 |
| 11 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.3.4% · e.g. FreightFlows, Inc | 3.4% | 25 | -0.1 |
| 12 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.3.3% · e.g. MaxMind, Inc | 3.3% | 24 | +0.1 |
| 13 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.3% · e.g. Oso | 2.3% | 17 | +1.3 |
| 14 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.2.0% · e.g. Orbit | 2.0% | 15 | +0.0 |
| 15 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.1.8% · an example posting | 1.8% | 13 | +0.6 |
| 16 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.5% · e.g. Orbit | 1.5% | 11 | +0.6 |
| 17 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.1.4% · e.g. MagicBell | 1.4% | 10 | +0.5 |
| 18 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.1.1% · e.g. BrightHire | 1.1% | 8 | +1.0 |
| 19 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.90% · e.g. Equilibrium | 0.90% | 7 | +0.6 |
| 20 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.70% · e.g. Switcher Labs SA | 0.70% | 5 | +0.3 |
| 21 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.0.70% · e.g. Genesis Therapeutics | 0.70% | 5 | +0.1 |
| 22 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.50% · e.g. TerraPower | 0.50% | 4 | +0.1 |
| 23 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.50% · e.g. simplesurance GmbH | 0.50% | 4 | +0.1 |
| 24 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.40% · e.g. Shipyard | 0.40% | 3 | +0.4 |
| 25 | MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.40% · e.g. BenchSci-AI Software | 0.40% | 3 | +0.4 |
| 26 | Applied ScientistResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.0.30% · e.g. Citrine Informatics | 0.30% | 2 | +0.0 |
| 27 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.30% · e.g. KeepTruckin | 0.30% | 2 | -0.3 |
| 28 | Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.30% · e.g. Axelera AI | 0.30% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 29 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.10% · e.g. Axelera AI | 0.10% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 30 | NLP EngineerLanguage models before they were large: search, classification, extraction and translation.0.10% · e.g. Infinitus Systems | 0.10% | 1 | +0.0 |