Titlesby GlyphData Scientist job title trend since Apr 2011
Engineering · Fading · in 2.7% of HN hiring posts · 245 open roles at 91 companies · median $226k
Uses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.
first seen May 2011, Hacker Newstook off Aug 2012
Why it exists
Written from the sources below
Web-scale data needed people who could code, do statistics and explain what they found. Harvard Business Review called it 'the sexiest job of the 21st century' in October 2012, and the title spread across Who is hiring threads over the next few years.
- EssayData Scientist: The Sexiest Job of the 21st CenturyHarvard Business Review, Oct 2012 · backs: the 2012 essay that popularised the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- Consumer43
- Fintech28
- AI lab21
- AI application14
- Robotics and autonomy12
- Data platform7
- AI infrastructure5
- Software4
Cities
- San Francisco70
- New York40
- Palo Alto31
- Seattle13
- Singapore8
- London, United Kingdom7
- Washington6
- Paris, France5
- Toronto, Canada5
- Chicago4
Countries and remote
- United States166
- Canada16
- United Kingdom9
- Singapore8
- France5
- Belgium3
- Ireland3
- Brazil2
- South Korea2
- Japan1
Remote option34%
Posted pay
Middle half $193k to $270k, median $226k from 149 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Pay by level and city on SalariesWho is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 | ||
| 2 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 4 |
Open roles
8 of 245; company pages list the restSenior Pricing & Monetization Data Scientist
Oakland, California, United States, AMER
Senior Data Scientist - Credit and Lending ML
San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States
Staff Product Data Scientist, Marketplace ML
Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Pricing & Monetization Data Scientist | Oakland, California, United States, AMER | $215k to $269k | |
| Data ScientistforusNew York office$170k to $275k | forus | New York office | $170k to $275k |
| Data Scientist, Preparedness | San Francisco | $265k to $380k | |
| Senior Data Scientist - Credit and Lending ML | San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote within Canada or United States | $167k to $299k | |
| Data ScientistVestwellNew York, NY | Austin, TX | King of Prussia, PA | Scottsdale, AZ$135k to $145k | Vestwell | New York, NY | Austin, TX | King of Prussia, PA | Scottsdale, AZ | $135k to $145k |
| Data Scientist - Credit (Retros) | New York City Office | $176k to $227k | |
| Data Scientist, Enterprise Analytics | Remote, Canada; Remote, United States | $86k to $176k | |
| Staff Product Data Scientist, Marketplace ML | Mountain View, CA, USA; San Francisco, CA, USA | $230k to $284k |
Lineage
model building for production split out of data science · source
Share of Hacker News hiring posts
4,784 posts since Apr 2011 · +68% in 6 monthsNovember 2026 9 of 207 postings, 4.3%
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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 $226k from 149 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.