Titlesby GlyphWho is hiring, March 2024
300 postings in the Hacker News thread mention 26 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. Jam.dev | 18% | 53 | -1.1 |
| 2 | Product ManagerDecides what gets built and why, and gets it shipped.7.7% · e.g. Aha! | 7.7% | 23 | +0.0 |
| 3 | Staff EngineerThe senior individual-contributor track: technical leadership without managing people.7.0% · e.g. Jam.dev | 7.0% | 21 | +3.0 |
| 4 | Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.6.0% · e.g. Aha! | 6.0% | 18 | +2.0 |
| 5 | Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.6.0% · e.g. Trellis -- AI/ML Engineer | 6.0% | 18 | +2.3 |
| 6 | Site Reliability EngineerKeeps production up with software: on-call, SLOs and automation; Google's term.5.0% · e.g. Chainlink Labs | 5.0% | 15 | +0.3 |
| 7 | Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.4.7% · e.g. Jam.dev | 4.7% | 14 | +2.2 |
| 8 | Product DesignerDesigns how a product works and looks, from research to the final screen.4.7% · e.g. Virta Health | 4.7% | 14 | -1.2 |
| 9 | Engineering ManagerManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.4.0% · e.g. Chainlink Labs | 4.0% | 12 | -0.2 |
| 10 | Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.4.0% · an example posting | 4.0% | 12 | +0.8 |
| 11 | Data ScientistUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.3.3% · e.g. Virta Health | 3.3% | 10 | +0.3 |
| 12 | DevOps EngineerAutomates builds, deploys and infrastructure; the title that took over from sysadmin.2.3% · e.g. Aha! | 2.3% | 7 | -2.6 |
| 13 | AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.2.3% · e.g. 10x Genomics | 2.3% | 7 | +1.8 |
| 14 | Developer AdvocateRepresents developers to a company and the company to developers: docs, demos, talks.2.0% · e.g. LocalStack | 2.0% | 6 | +0.8 |
| 15 | Security EngineerFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.1.7% · e.g. Smartcar | 1.7% | 5 | -1.5 |
| 16 | Technical Product ManagerA product manager for platforms, APIs and developer products.1.7% · e.g. SpruceID | 1.7% | 5 | +1.0 |
| 17 | Data EngineerBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.1.7% · e.g. Nuna | 1.7% | 5 | -2.7 |
| 18 | Research ScientistDesigns and runs experiments to push what models can do; usually a PhD role.1.3% · e.g. Roboflow | 1.3% | 4 | +0.3 |
| 19 | Solutions EngineerThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.1.0% · e.g. Delogue.com | 1.0% | 3 | +0.5 |
| 20 | Blockchain EngineerWrites smart contracts and protocol code; peaked with the 2018 and 2021 crypto cycles.1.0% · e.g. Jito Labs | 1.0% | 3 | +0.8 |
| 21 | Design EngineerHalf designer, half front-end engineer: prototypes and ships polished interfaces.0.70% · an example posting | 0.70% | 2 | +0.5 |
| 22 | Data AnalystAnswers business questions with SQL, dashboards and spreadsheets.0.70% · e.g. Beautiful.ai | 0.70% | 2 | -0.3 |
| 23 | Research EngineerWrites the code that makes research run: training runs, experiments, infrastructure.0.70% · e.g. Morphic | 0.70% | 2 | +0.7 |
| 24 | Prompt EngineerWrites and tests the instructions given to language models; the 2023 breakout title.0.30% · e.g. Faktory | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 25 | MLOps EngineerRuns the training, serving and monitoring infrastructure that ML teams depend on.0.30% · an example posting | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |
| 26 | AI Safety ResearcherStudies how to make models behave as intended: alignment, interpretability, red teaming.0.30% · e.g. AE Studio | 0.30% | 1 | +0.3 |