Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, August 2022
631 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 31 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. Loop | 17% | 106 | -2.5 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.8.6% · e.g. Secureframe | 8.6% | 54 | -0.3 |
| 3 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.5.7% · e.g. Planet | 5.7% | 36 | -1.1 |
| 4 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.5.4% · e.g. Secureframe | 5.4% | 34 | -1.7 |
| 5 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.4.6% · e.g. MixRank | 4.6% | 29 | -1.5 |
| 6 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.4.6% · e.g. Aha! | 4.6% | 29 | -0.3 |
| 7 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.3% · e.g. Loop | 4.3% | 27 | -1.1 |
| 8 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.4.3% · e.g. Reddit | 4.3% | 27 | +1.2 |
| 9 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.4.0% · e.g. Loop | 4.0% | 25 | +0.9 |
| 10 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.8% · e.g. JustWatch | 3.8% | 24 | -1.2 |
| 11 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.3.0% · e.g. Aha! | 3.0% | 19 | +0.1 |
| 12 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.2.7% · e.g. Atomic Financial | 2.7% | 17 | +0.3 |
| 13 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.2.4% · e.g. Claypot AI | 2.4% | 15 | +1.0 |
| 14 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.2% · e.g. Temporal Technologies | 2.2% | 14 | +0.9 |
| 15 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.9% · e.g. Temporal Technologies | 1.9% | 12 | +0.2 |
| 16 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.1.7% · e.g. MixRank | 1.7% | 11 | -0.2 |
| 17 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.4% · e.g. Pex | 1.4% | 9 | +0.2 |
| 18 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.1.3% · an example posting | 1.3% | 8 | +0.8 |
| 19 | MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.1.0% · e.g. - Machine Learning Research Scientist | 1.0% | 6 | +1.0 |
| 20 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.80% · e.g. Clearcover | 0.80% | 5 | +0.3 |
| 21 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.0.60% · e.g. Portland Trail Blazers | 0.60% | 4 | +0.0 |
| 22 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.50% · e.g. - Machine Learning Research Scientist | 0.50% | 3 | -0.2 |
| 23 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.50% · e.g. Mercury | 0.50% | 3 | +0.4 |
| 24 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.50% · e.g. Cumberland, Cryptoasset arm of DRW | 0.50% | 3 | -0.5 |
| 25 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.50% · e.g. simplesurance GmbH | 0.50% | 3 | -0.3 |
| 26 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.30% · e.g. Satis.ai | 0.30% | 2 | +0.2 |
| 27 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 2 | +0.3 |
| 28 | AI Solutions ArchitectDesigns how a customer should use AI models and services, from architecture review to a working proof of concept.0.20% · e.g. Hugging Face | 0.20% | 1 | +0.2 |
| 29 | Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.0.20% · e.g. Kensho Technologies | 0.20% | 1 | +0.1 |
| 30 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.20% · e.g. Kodiak Robotics | 0.20% | 1 | -0.3 |
| 31 | Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.20% · e.g. Kodiak Robotics | 0.20% | 1 | -0.2 |