Analytics Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011

Engineering · Established · in 0.34% of HN hiring posts · 29 open roles at 23 companies · median $195k · first seen Oct 2011

First sighting

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago

12 of 23 companies (top 12 shown)

#	Company	Open roles
1	Affirm	3
2	Coinbase	2
3	Decagon	2
4	Harvey	2
5	Tailscale	2
6	Asana	1
7	Chainguard	1
8	CoreWeave	1
9	Databricks	1
10	DoorDash	1
11	Instacart	1
12	Linear	1

Open roles

8 of 29; company pages list the rest

Role	Company	Location	Posted pay
Analytics EngineerModalNew York$150k to $250k	Modal	New York	$150k to $250k
Senior/Staff Analytics EngineerRenderSF or Remote (US/Canada)$195k to $268k	Render	SF or Remote (US/Canada)	$195k to $268k
Business Operations, Analytics EngineerDecagonSan Francisco$160k to $200k	Decagon	San Francisco	$160k to $200k
Senior Analytics EngineerChainguardUnited States - Remote$140k to $165k	Chainguard	United States - Remote	$140k to $165k
Senior Analytics EngineerPrefectRemote$154k to $222k	Prefect	Remote	$154k to $222k
GTM Data Analytics EngineerTogether AISan Francisco$120k to $150k	Together AI	San Francisco	$120k to $150k
Analytics Engineer, GTMOpenAISan Francisco$220k to $335k	OpenAI	San Francisco	$220k to $335k
Senior Data & Analytics Engineer, Domain Enablement (R5536)Shield AIRemote$120k to $180k	Shield AI	Remote	$120k to $180k

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

187 posts since Apr 2011

September 2026 0 of 256 postings, 0%

3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting

Title	Share of HN posts, 12 mo	6 mo change	Open roles
Data EngineerEstablished ·3.8% of posts · 66 open · since Apr 2011	3.8%	-15%	66
Data AnalystFading ·0.70% of posts · 38 open · since Apr 2011	0.70%	-52%	38
Full Stack EngineerEstablished ·17% of posts · 146 open · since Apr 2011	17%	-16%	146
Product EngineerEstablished ·7.3% of posts · 44 open · since May 2011	7.3%	+13%	44
AI EngineerEmerging ·6.7% of posts · 115 open · since Jun 2011	6.7%	+9%	115
Founding EngineerEstablished ·6.3% of posts · 1 open · since Jul 2011	6.3%	-2%	1

About this title

Models raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.

Also counted: analytics engineering, dbt

First sighting

...and students. Looking most urgently for a front ender, an analytics engineer, and a business person, but if you are excited about what we are doing...

NYC, Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2011) . Took off in October 2013, when its 12-month share first reached a quarter of its best.

Median posted salary $195k from 19 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.

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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