Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, January 2023
362 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 27 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 18% 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.18% · e.g. Twaice | 18% | 65 | -0.8 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.6.9% · e.g. Aha! | 6.9% | 25 | -2.5 |
| 3 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.5.8% · e.g. Comm | 5.8% | 21 | -0.4 |
| 4 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.5.8% · e.g. Bodyport | 5.8% | 21 | -0.1 |
| 5 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.5.5% · e.g. Aha! | 5.5% | 20 | +0.1 |
| 6 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.5.2% · e.g. Nuna | 5.2% | 19 | -5.5 |
| 7 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.4.4% · e.g. Vivint | 4.4% | 16 | +1.5 |
| 8 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.3% · e.g. WHOI | 3.3% | 12 | -2.4 |
| 9 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.3.3% · e.g. Tenzir | 3.3% | 12 | +0.4 |
| 10 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.3.0% · e.g. Writ | 3.0% | 11 | +1.5 |
| 11 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.3.0% · e.g. Telescope | 3.0% | 11 | +0.6 |
| 12 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.2.8% · e.g. Aha! | 2.8% | 10 | -0.8 |
| 13 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.2.8% · e.g. Symmetry Investments | 2.8% | 10 | -4.2 |
| 14 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.2.5% · e.g. ML6 | 2.5% | 9 | +0.5 |
| 15 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.2% · e.g. QuestDB | 2.2% | 8 | +0.2 |
| 16 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.1.7% · e.g. Pixie | 1.7% | 6 | -0.1 |
| 17 | Head of DataLeads a company's data team: analytics, data science and data engineering.1.4% · e.g. Nuna | 1.4% | 5 | +0.8 |
| 18 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.1.1% · e.g. DeliveryHero | 1.1% | 4 | -0.3 |
| 19 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.1.1% · e.g. Genesis Therapeutics | 1.1% | 4 | +0.5 |
| 20 | Data Product ManagerTreats data sets and data platforms as products with users and roadmaps.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 21 | Computer Vision EngineerBuilds models and systems that read images and video, from robots to retail.0.30% · e.g. Canvas | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 22 | Analytics EngineerModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.0.30% · e.g. Nuna | 0.30% | 1 | -0.9 |
| 23 | Deep Learning EngineerTrains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.0.30% · e.g. Resemble AI | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 24 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.30% · e.g. SiriusXM-Pandora | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |
| 25 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.30% · e.g. Proof of Play | 0.30% | 1 | -1.1 |
| 26 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.0.30% · e.g. Beacon AI | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 27 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.30% · e.g. Two Six Technologies | 0.30% | 1 | -0.2 |