Data Center Engineer a new title on company job boards

Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 2 open roles at 2 companies · median $271k

Keeps data center hardware running, from servers and network to power and cooling, and models where the load can safely go.

New: first seen Aug 2026, job board

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in August 2026, in a company job-board posting from Cloudflare. Today 2 open roles use the title at 2 companies, most of them in AI labs.

PostingThe oldest Data Center Engineer posting we holdCloudflare, Aug 2026 · backs: first sighting
PostingSenior Data Center EngineerRoblox, Oct 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

AI lab1
Consumer1

Cities

San Francisco1
New York1
Chicago1

Countries and remote

United States2

Remote option0%

Posted pay

Median $271k from 2 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago

#	Company	Bar	Open roles
1	AnthropicAn American artificial intelligence (AI) public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California.		1
2	RobloxAn American video game developer based in San Mateo, California.		1

Open roles

Open role$163k to $196k

Senior Data Center Engineer

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Roblox Posting ↗

Open role$320k to $405k

Data Center Engineer, Reliability & Infrastructure Management - Compute Supply

San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY

Anthropic Posting ↗

Role	Company	Location	Posted pay
Senior Data Center EngineerRobloxChicago, Illinois, United States$163k to $196k	Roblox	Chicago, Illinois, United States	$163k to $196k
Data Center Engineer, Reliability & Infrastructure Management - Compute SupplyAnthropicSan Francisco, CA \| New York City, NY$320k to $405k	Anthropic	San Francisco, CA \| New York City, NY	$320k to $405k

Established-22%Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.16% of HN posts, 12 mo · 294 open · $196k median · since Apr 2011 Established+12%Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.7.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 109 open · $220k median · since May 2011 Emerging-9%AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.6.4% of HN posts, 12 mo · 244 open · $240k median · since Jun 2011 Established-7%Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.5.9% of HN posts, 12 mo · 25 open · $194k median · since Jul 2011 Established-10%Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.5.8% of HN posts, 12 mo · 206 open · $185k median · since Apr 2011 Established-11%Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.4.3% of HN posts, 12 mo · 331 open · $255k median · since Apr 2011

Title	HN share, 12 mo	6 mo	Open roles
Full Stack EngineerWorks across the browser, the API and the database; the default startup hire.Established ·16% of posts · 294 open · since Apr 2011	16%	-22%	294
Product EngineerA full-stack engineer who owns product decisions too, not just tickets.Established ·7.8% of posts · 109 open · since May 2011	7.8%	+12%	109
AI EngineerA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.Emerging ·6.4% of posts · 244 open · since Jun 2011	6.4%	-9%	244
Founding EngineerOne of a startup's first engineers, usually with equity and a wide remit.Established ·5.9% of posts · 25 open · since Jul 2011	5.9%	-7%	25
Platform EngineerBuilds the internal platform other engineers deploy on: clusters, CI, paved roads.Established ·5.8% of posts · 206 open · since Apr 2011	5.8%	-10%	206
Machine Learning EngineerTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.Established ·4.3% of posts · 331 open · since Apr 2011	4.3%	-11%	331

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