Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, December 2023
313 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 27 tracked titles; the most mentioned is Full Stack Engineer, in 15% 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.15% · e.g. Yurtle | 15% | 48 | -2.4 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.6.7% · e.g. Turo | 6.7% | 21 | -0.8 |
| 3 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.6.7% · e.g. Jobreel | 6.7% | 21 | +4.4 |
| 4 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% · e.g. DuckDuckGo | 5.8% | 18 | +0.6 |
| 5 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.5.8% · e.g. Continua AI | 5.8% | 18 | +0.6 |
| 6 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.5.8% · e.g. Turo | 5.8% | 18 | +2.0 |
| 7 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.5.1% · e.g. Foxglove | 5.1% | 16 | +3.2 |
| 8 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.4.5% · e.g. Moz | 4.5% | 14 | -0.9 |
| 9 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.5% · e.g. Crusoe | 4.5% | 14 | -3.6 |
| 10 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.3.8% · e.g. DuckDuckGo | 3.8% | 12 | -1.0 |
| 11 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.3.8% · e.g. Turo | 3.8% | 12 | -1.6 |
| 12 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.2% · e.g. Moz | 3.2% | 10 | -2.0 |
| 13 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.3.2% · e.g. Beacon AI | 3.2% | 10 | +3.0 |
| 14 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.3.2% · e.g. Spill | 3.2% | 10 | -0.8 |
| 15 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.9% · e.g. NetFoundry | 2.9% | 9 | +0.2 |
| 16 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.9% · e.g. Crusoe | 1.9% | 6 | -0.4 |
| 17 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.1.3% · e.g. EnergyHub | 1.3% | 4 | -1.8 |
| 18 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.1.0% · e.g. Apple | 1.0% | 3 | +0.6 |
| 19 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.1.0% · e.g. Descript | 1.0% | 3 | +0.0 |
| 20 | Applied ScientistResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.0.60% · e.g. Onfido, London | 0.60% | 2 | +0.6 |
| 21 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.60% · e.g. Cisco Meraki | 0.60% | 2 | -1.1 |
| 22 | MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.30% · e.g. LeaseQuery | 0.30% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 23 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | -0.3 |
| 24 | AI Solutions ArchitectDesigns how a customer should use AI models and services, from architecture review to a working proof of concept.0.30% · e.g. Contextual AI | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 25 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.30% · e.g. Descript | 0.30% | 1 | -0.5 |
| 26 | Head of AILeads the AI or ML group below the C-suite: VP, director or head.0.30% · e.g. Descript | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 27 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.0.30% · e.g. Intuition Machines, Inc. | 0.30% | 1 | -0.5 |