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51 titles: 16 emerging, 2 rising, 21 established and 12 fading, by share of Hacker News hiring posts.

51 of 51 titles, by share of posts

#	Title	Share of HN posts, 12 mo	6 mo change	Open roles
1	Full Stack EngineerEstablished ·17% of posts · 146 open · since Apr 2011	17%	-16%	146
2	Staff EngineerEstablished ·9.0% of posts · 868 open · since Jul 2011	9.0%	-5%	868
3	Product EngineerEstablished ·7.3% of posts · 44 open · since May 2011	7.3%	+13%	44
4	AI EngineerEmerging ·6.7% of posts · 115 open · since Jun 2011	6.7%	+9%	115
5	Founding EngineerEstablished ·6.3% of posts · 1 open · since Jul 2011	6.3%	-2%	1
6	Product ManagerEstablished ·6.1% of posts · 534 open · since Apr 2011	6.1%	-19%	534
7	Platform EngineerEstablished ·5.8% of posts · 95 open · since Apr 2011	5.8%	+16%	95
8	Machine Learning EngineerEstablished ·4.7% of posts · 259 open · since Apr 2011	4.7%	-23%	259
9	Data EngineerEstablished ·3.8% of posts · 66 open · since Apr 2011	3.8%	-15%	66
10	Engineering ManagerFading ·3.5% of posts · 396 open · since Nov 2011	3.5%	+18%	396
11	Product DesignerEstablished ·3.5% of posts · 150 open · since Apr 2011	3.5%	-51%	150
12	Forward Deployed EngineerEmerging ·3.2% of posts · 369 open · since Sep 2011	3.2%	+138%	369
13	Security EngineerRising ·3.1% of posts · 227 open · since Jun 2011	3.1%	+43%	227
14	Site Reliability EngineerFading ·3.1% of posts · 117 open · since Apr 2011	3.1%	-20%	117
15	DevOps EngineerFading ·2.1% of posts · 14 open · since Apr 2011	2.1%	-28%	14
16	Data ScientistFading ·2.1% of posts · 155 open · since May 2011	2.1%	+2%	155
17	Solutions EngineerEstablished ·1.9% of posts · 784 open · since Jul 2011	1.9%	-12%	784
18	Developer AdvocateEstablished ·1.7% of posts · 44 open · since Apr 2011	1.7%	0%	44
19	Research EngineerRising ·1.3% of posts · 115 open · since Apr 2011	1.3%	+103%	115
20	Research ScientistEstablished ·1.3% of posts · 70 open · since Mar 2012	1.3%	+10%	70
21	Design EngineerEstablished ·1.3% of posts · 39 open · since May 2011	1.3%	-44%	39
22	Applied AI EngineerEmerging ·1.1% of posts · 56 open · since Sep 2017	1.1%	+46%	56
23	Agent EngineerEmerging ·0.96% of posts · 88 open · since Sep 2016	0.96%	-12%	88
24	Member of Technical StaffEmerging ·0.92% of posts · 91 open · since Aug 2015	0.92%	+171%	91
25	Data AnalystFading ·0.70% of posts · 38 open · since Apr 2011	0.70%	-52%	38
26	Technical Product ManagerEstablished ·0.69% of posts · 23 open · since Apr 2011	0.69%	-32%	23
27	MLOps EngineerEstablished ·0.49% of posts · 20 open · since Feb 2017	0.49%	-	20
28	Analytics EngineerEstablished ·0.47% of posts · 29 open · since Oct 2011	0.47%	-	29
29	Head of AIEstablished ·0.44% of posts · 4 open · since Jul 2017	0.44%	-	4
30	Applied ScientistEstablished ·0.32% of posts · 14 open · since Feb 2016	0.32%	-	14
31	Head of DataFading ·0.29% of posts · 8 open · since Dec 2011	0.29%	-	8
32	Blockchain EngineerFading ·0.29% of posts · since Apr 2015	0.29%	-	0
33	AI Product ManagerEmerging ·0.26% of posts · 38 open · since May 2017	0.26%	-	38
34	Computer Vision EngineerFading ·0.26% of posts · 2 open · since Jun 2012	0.26%	-	2
35	LLM EngineerEstablished ·0.24% of posts · 2 open · since Mar 2023	0.24%	-	2
36	Data Product ManagerEstablished ·0.19% of posts · 15 open · since Nov 2011	0.19%	-	15
37	Deep Learning EngineerFading ·0.06% of posts · 2 open · since Apr 2016	0.06%	-	2
38	NLP EngineerFading ·0.05% of posts · since May 2011	0.05%	-	0
39	Chief AI OfficerEmerging ·0.03% of posts · since Jul 2026	0.03%	-	0
40	Deployment StrategistUnverifiedEmerging ·65 open · seen Dec 2012	Not on HN yet	new	65
41	Applied AI ArchitectUnverifiedEmerging ·49 open · seen Dec 2024	Not on HN yet	new	49
42	Legal EngineerUnverifiedEmerging ·28 open · seen Jun 2026	Not on HN yet	new	28
43	AI TutorUnverifiedEmerging ·25 open · seen Oct 2025	Not on HN yet	new	25
44	AI Deployment EngineerUnverifiedEmerging ·23 open · seen Jan 2026	Not on HN yet	new	23
45	Evals EngineerEmerging ·0% of posts · 7 open · new on job boards	0%	-	7
46	Agent StrategistUnverifiedEmerging ·7 open · seen Mar 2026	Not on HN yet	new	7
47	Context EngineerEmerging ·0% of posts · 2 open · new on job boards	0%	-	2
48	AI Safety ResearcherEmerging ·0% of posts · 2 open · since Mar 2024	0%	-	2
49	Prompt EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Mar 2024	0%	-	0
50	Big Data EngineerFading ·0% of posts · since Dec 2011	0%	-	0
51	Chief Data OfficerEstablished ·0% of posts · since Feb 2016	0%	-	0

Sources: Hacker News Who is hiring threads and about 130 public job boards, read weekly. A title's share is not the job market's size. Logos via logo.dev; trademarks belong to their owners.

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