Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, February 2022
800 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 29 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 19% 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.19% · e.g. Amplication | 19% | 155 | +0.3 |
| 2 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.10% · e.g. Bolt | 10% | 81 | +3.8 |
| 3 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.9.3% · e.g. Aha! | 9.3% | 74 | +1.1 |
| 4 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.7.0% · e.g. Auros Tech Ltd | 7.0% | 56 | +0.8 |
| 5 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.6.6% · e.g. Runway | 6.6% | 53 | +0.8 |
| 6 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.5.9% · e.g. Authzed | 5.9% | 47 | -0.4 |
| 7 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.4.9% · e.g. Aha! | 4.9% | 39 | +0.7 |
| 8 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.4.9% · an example posting | 4.9% | 39 | -0.8 |
| 9 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.4.5% · e.g. Relayr | 4.5% | 36 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.3.9% · e.g. Back | 3.9% | 31 | +0.6 |
| 11 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.3.4% · e.g. SentinelOne | 3.4% | 27 | -0.2 |
| 12 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.3.0% · e.g. Digivault | 3.0% | 24 | +0.3 |
| 13 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.3% · e.g. Amplication | 2.3% | 18 | +1.2 |
| 14 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.2.0% · e.g. Vaxine | 2.0% | 16 | +0.5 |
| 15 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.9% · e.g. Relayr | 1.9% | 15 | -0.7 |
| 16 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.3% · e.g. CareRev | 1.3% | 10 | -0.5 |
| 17 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.1.1% · e.g. Alma | 1.1% | 9 | +0.8 |
| 18 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.0.80% · e.g. Genesis Therapeutics | 0.80% | 6 | +0.1 |
| 19 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.80% · e.g. Swim | 0.80% | 6 | +0.3 |
| 20 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.0.80% · e.g. Turnstile | 0.80% | 6 | -0.2 |
| 21 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.60% · e.g. Iggy | 0.60% | 5 | +0.4 |
| 22 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.60% · e.g. simplesurance GmbH | 0.60% | 5 | +0.3 |
| 23 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.50% · e.g. Grow Therapy | 0.50% | 4 | +0.3 |
| 24 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.30% · e.g. KeepTruckin | 0.30% | 2 | -0.4 |
| 25 | MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.30% · e.g. Kensho Technologies | 0.30% | 2 | -0.1 |
| 26 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.0.30% · e.g. Zoba | 0.30% | 2 | +0.0 |
| 27 | Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.0.10% · e.g. Kensho Technologies | 0.10% | 1 | -0.1 |
| 28 | NLP EngineerLanguage models before they were large: search, classification, extraction and translation.0.10% · e.g. Infinitus Systems | 0.10% | 1 | -0.3 |
| 29 | Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.10% · e.g. niftywhip.com | 0.10% | 1 | -0.4 |