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102 titles · 9,340 open roles

Deep Learning Engineer job title trend since Apr 2011

Engineering · Fading · in 0.07% of HN hiring posts · 1 open roles at 1 company · median $250k

First sighting

Trains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.

first seen Apr 2016, Hacker Newstook off Sep 2016

Why it exists

Written by rule from our own data

First seen in our data in April 2016, in a Hacker News Who is hiring post from Orbital Insight. It took off in September 2016, when its share of Who is hiring posts first reached a quarter of its best year. Today 1 open role uses the title at 1 company, most of them in robotics and autonomy. Closest tracked titles: Machine Learning Engineer, Computer Vision Engineer.

  1. PostingAsk HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016)Hacker News, Apr 2016 · backs: first sighting
  2. PostingStaff Deep Learning Engineer, State Estimation (R5785)Shield AI, Sep 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title

Where it is posted

Sectors

  • Robotics and autonomy1

Cities

No posting names a city we read yet.

Countries and remote

No country read yet.

Remote option100%

Posted pay

Median $250k from 1 postings that state a base range (USD a year).

Pay by level and city on Salaries

Who is hiring for it

Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago
#CompanyOpen roles
1Shield AIA robotics and autonomy company hiring most for Staff Engineer and Technical Program Manager.1

Open roles

Open role$200k to $300k

Staff Deep Learning Engineer, State Estimation (R5785)

Remote

Shield AIPosting ↗
Role
Staff Deep Learning Engineer, State Estimation (R5785)Shield AIRemote$200k to $300k

Share of Hacker News hiring posts

181 posts since Apr 2011
November 2026 0 of 207 postings, 0%
3-month averageEach monthFirst sighting

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About this title

Trains neural networks; the 2016 to 2019 name for what became ML engineering.

Also counted: DL engineer

First sighting
...engineers: http://goo.gl/YgVoul Computer vision / Deep learning engineers: http://goo.gl/C2oVpT Data scientists: http://goo.gl/Tif9nS Some...
Orbital Insight, Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2016) . Took off in September 2016, when its 12-month share first reached a quarter of its best.

Median posted salary $250k from 1 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.