Data Scientist job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Fading · in 2.1% of HN hiring posts · 155 open roles at 51 companies · median $241k · first seen May 2011
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 22h ago12 of 51 companies (top 12 shown)
Open roles
8 of 155; company pages list the rest| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Data Scientist StripeSeattle, WA$193k to $288k | Stripe | Seattle, WA | $193k to $288k |
Senior/Staff Data Scientist RenderSF or Remote (US/Canada)$195k to $268k | Render | SF or Remote (US/Canada) | $195k to $268k |
Data Scientist, Inference Capacity Optimization OpenAISan Francisco$293k to $325k | OpenAI | San Francisco | $293k to $325k |
Forward Deployed Data Scientist IntercomSan Francisco, California$207k to $229k | Intercom | San Francisco, California | $207k to $229k |
Data Scientist - Fraud PlaidNew York City Office$176k to $227k | Plaid | New York City Office | $176k to $227k |
Data Scientist - Music Promotion SpotifyNew York, NY$95k to $135k | Spotify | New York, NY | $95k to $135k |
Principal Data Scientist, Detection CloudflareHybrid$215k to $270k | Cloudflare | Hybrid | $215k to $270k |
Data Scientist - Perception Verification and Validation ZooxBoston, MA$167k to $228k | Zoox | Boston, MA | $167k to $228k |
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
4,769 posts since Apr 2011 · +2% in 6 monthsSeptember 2026 7 of 256 postings, 2.7%
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About this title
Uses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.
Also counted: data science
First sighting
...server-side developers (both back-end and front-end), data scientists, and product managers. Most positions are for New York, but we're hiring...
Median posted salary $241k from 119 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.